The life-cycle of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis is dependent upon the predator - prey relationship between canids (e.g. Vulpes sp) and small mammals. Accidental ingestion of E. multilocularis eggs can lead to the rare but fatal zoonotic disease alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans. Detecting early asymptomatic infections greatly increases patients' life expectancy. Mass-screening detect unknown cases using ultrasonography. Reliable predictive methods could help medics target resources. Here epidemiology, landscape ecology, satellite remote sensing and spatial modelling are integrated for the purposes of analytical inference and spatial prediction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:490526 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Pleydell, David |
| Publisher | University of Salford |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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