Global Monitoring and Human Health Program Publications




Refereed Journals

Published

Beck, L.R., M.H. Rodríguez, S.W. Dister, A.D. Rodríguez, R.K. Washino, D.R. Roberts, and M.A. Spanner. 1997. Assessment of a remote sensing based model for predicting malaria transmission risk in villages of Chiapas, Mexico. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 56(1):99-106.

Rodríguez, A.D., M.H. Rodríguez, J.E. Hernández, S.W. Dister, L.R. Beck, E. Rejmánková, and D.R. Roberts. 1996. Landscape surrounding human settlements and malaria mosquito abundance in southern Chiapas, Mexico. Entomol. Soc. Am. 33(1):39-48.

Beck, L.R., M.H. Rodríguez, S.W. Dister, A.D. Rodríguez, E. Rejmánková, A. Ulloa, R.A. Meza, D.R. Roberts, J.F. Paris, M. Spanner, R.K. Washino, C. Hacker, and L.J. Legters. 1994. Remote sensing as a landscape epidemiological tool to identify villages at high risk for malaria transmission. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 51(3):271-280.

Pope, K, E. Rejmánková, H. Savage, J. Arredondo-Jimenez, M. Rodriguez, and D. Roberts. 1994. Remote sensing of tropical wetlands for malaria control in Chiapas, Mexico. Ecol. Appl. 4(1):81-90.

Rossi, R., J. Dungan, and L. R. Beck. 1994. Kriging in the shadows: geostatistical interpolation for remote sensing. Remote Sens. Environ. 49:32-40.

Washino, R.K. and B.L. Wood. 1994. Application of remote sensing technology to vector control. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 50(4)

Rodriguez A.D., M.H. Rodriguez, R.A. Meza, J.E. Hernandez, E. Rejmankova, H.M. Savage, D.R. Roberts, K.O Pope, and L. Legters. 1993. Dynamics of population densities and vegetation associations of Anopheles albimanus larvae in a coastal area of southern, Mexico. J. Am. Mosq. Control 9(1):46-58.

Rejmankova, E., H. Savage, M. Rodriguez, D. Roberts, and M. Rejmanek. 1992. Aquatic vegetation as a basis for classification of Anopheles albimanus Wiedemann (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats. Environ. Entomol. 21(3):598-603.

Wood, B., L. Beck, R. Washino, K. Hibbard, and J. Salute. 1992. Estimating high mosquito-producing rice fields using spectral and spatial data. Int. J. Remote Sens. 13(15):2813-2826.

Wood, B., L. Beck, J. Lawless, and J. Vesecky. 1992. Preliminary considerations for a small satellite system to monitor environmental change associated with vector-borne disease in the tropics. J. Imag. Sci. Tech. 36(5):431-439.

Roberts, D., M. Rodriguez, E. Rejmankova, K. Pope, H. Savage, A. Rodriguez- Ramirez, B. Wood, J. Salute, and L. Legters. 1991. Overview of field studies for the application of remote sensing to the study of malaria transmission in Tapachula, Mexico. Prev. Vet. Med. 11:269-275.

Wood, B., R. Washino, L. Beck, K. Hibbard, M. Pitcairn, D. Roberts, E. Rejmankova, J. Paris, C. Hacker, J. Salute, P. Sebesta, and L. Legters. 1991. Distinguishing high and low anopheline-producing rice fields using remote sensing and GIS technologies. Prev. Vet. Med. 11:277-288.

Savage, H., J. Duncan, D. Roberts, and L. Sholdt. 1991. A dipstick ELISA for rapid detection of human bloodmeals in mosquitoes. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 7(1):16-23.

Rejmankova, E., H. Savage, M. Rejmanek, D. Roberts, and J. Arredondo-Jimenez. 1991. Multivariate analysis of relationships between habitats, environmental factors and occurrence of anopheline mosquito larvae (Anopheles albimanus and An. pseudopunctipennis) in southern Chiapas, Mexico. J. Appl. Ecol. 28(3):827-841.

Wood, B., L. Beck, R. Washino, S. Palchick, and P. Sebesta. 1991. Spectral and spatial characterization of rice field mosquito habitat. Int. J. Remote Sens. 12(3):621-626.

Savage, H., E. Rejmankova, J. Arredondo-Jimenez, D. Roberts, and M. Rodriguez. 1990. Limnological and botanical characterization of larval habitats for two primary malarial vectors, Anopheles albimanus and An. pseudopunctipennis, in coastal areas of Chiapas State, Mexico. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 6(4):612-620.

Wilkerson, R., and D. Strickman. 1990. Illustrated key to female anopheline mosquitoes of Central America from Mexico to Western Panama. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 6(1):7-34.

Strickman, D. 1989. Biosystematics of larval movement of Central American mosquitoes and its use for field identification. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 5(2):208-219.

Strickman, D., and J. Pratt. 1989. Redescription of Culex corniger Theobald and elevation of Culex (Culex) lactator Dyar and Knab from synonymy based on specimens from Central America (Diptera: Culicidae). Entomol. Soc. Wash. 91(4):551-574.

Non-Refereed Publications

Beck, L.R., B.L. Wood, and S.W. Dister. 1995. Remote sensing and GIS: New tools for mapping human health. Geo Info Systems 5(9):32-37.

Lawless, J.G., B.L. Wood, L.R. Beck, and S.W. Dister. 1994. Remote sensing: an innovative tool for public health. Space Times 33(1):3-5.

Wood, B.L., L.R. Beck, S.W. Dister, and M.A. Spanner. 1994. The Global Monitoring and Disease Prediction Program. Sistema Terra 6.

Conference Proceedings

Beck, L.R., S.W. Dister, and M.H. Rodriguez. 1993. A remote sensing and GIS approach to characterizing malaria risk in Chiapas, Mexico. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, 12-16 December, Indianapolis, IN.

Beck, L.R., B.L. Wood, S.W. Whitney, M.H. Rodriguez, and J.S. Salute. 1993. Assessing malaria risk in southern Chiapas, Mexico, using remote sensing and geographic information system technologies. Proceedings, International Space Year Conference on Earth and Space Science Information Systems, Feb. 1992, Pasadena, CA, pp. 16-21.

Dister, S.W., L.R. Beck, and B.L. Wood. 1993. The use of GIS and remote sensing technologies in a landscape approach to the study of Lyme disease transmission risk. Proceedings, GIS '93 Seventh Annual Symposium: Geographic Information Systems in Forestry, Environmental and Natural Resource Management, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, February 15-18, 1993.

Fish, D., B.L. Wood, L.R. Beck, and S.W. Dister. 1993. Remote sensing and GIS in landscape epidemiology of Lyme disease. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, 12-16 December, Indianapolis, IN.

Wood, B.L., J. Vesecky, J.G. Lawless, L.R. Beck, and J.S. Salute. 1993. Medsat: A satellite system for surveillance of tropical vector-borne diseases. Proceedings, International Space Year Conference on Earth and Space Science Information Systems, Feb. 1992, Pasadena, CA, pp. 318-319.

Wood, B.L., R.K. Washino, and S.W. Dister. 1993. Landscape epidemiological modeling of anopheline mosquitoes in rice field agroecosystems. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, 12-16 December, Indianapolis, IN.

Paris, J.F. 1992. Interaction types and their like-polarization phase-angle difference signatures. Proceedings, JPL Airborne Research Program Workshop, Pasadena, CA.

Green, T., and I. Remson. 1990. Ground water flow to a tropical wetland on the coastal plain of Chiapas, Mexico. Proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers' Irrigation and Drainage Division Conference.

Pitcairn, M., E. Rejmankova, B. Wood, and R. Washino. 1988. Progress report on the use of remote sensing data to survey mosquito larval abundance in California rice fields. Proceedings, of the California Mosquito and Vector Control Association, San Mateo, CA, January 28-31, 1988, 56:158-159.

Rejmankova, E., M. Rejmanek, M. Pitcairn, and R. Washino. 1988. Aquatic vegetation in rice fields as a habitat for Culex tarsalis and Anopheles freeborni. Proceedings, of the California Mosquito Vector Control Association, San Mateo, CA, January 28-31, 1988, 56:160-163.

Roberts, D. 1988. Application of biotechnology to the study of Arthropod vectors: Remote sensing and associated technologies. Proceedings, Korea-U.S. Conference on Biotechnology on the Study of Animal Parasites and Their Vectors. Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, September 18-25, 1988.

Wood, B., K. Pope, and M. Rodriguez. 1988. Characterization and monitoring of disease vector habitats in Chiapas, Mexico. Proceedings, Third Latin American Symposium on Remote Sensing, Acapulco, Mexico, December 1988, pp. 49-52.

Roberts, D.R. 1987. Deteccion a distancia de los criaderos de mosquitos. Seminarios Ceitificos de la Segunda Asamblea General Ordinaria. Fundacion Mexicana para la Salud, A.C., Serie Seminarios Cientificos (Mexico City) 8:53-55.


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