Overview
- Discusses the measurement, modeling and mapping of Kala-azar disease transmission
- Covers the use of spatial analysis techniques in vector-borne disease through open source software
- Describes sustainable disease control strategies and remediation techniques through case studies
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Medical Earth Sciences (BRIEFSMEEASC)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Gouri Sankar Bhunia received his Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta, India in 2015. His Ph.D. dissertation work focused on environmental control measures of infectious disease (Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar) using Geospatial technology. His research interests include Kala-azar disease transmission modeling, environmental modelling, risk assessment, data mining and information retrieval using Geospatial technology. Dr. Bhunia is associate editor and on the editorial boards of three international journals in Health GIS and Geosciences. He is a recipient of the Senior Research Fellow (SRF) from Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR, India) and contributed to multiple research programs Kala-azar disease transmission modelling, development of Customized GIS software for Kala-azar “risk” and “non-risk” area and entomological study.
Pravat Kumar Shit received his Ph.D. in Geography (Applied Geomorphology) from Vidyasagar University (India) in 2013, M.Sc. in Geography and Environment Management from Vidyasagar University in 2005 and PG Diploma in Remote Sensig & GIS from Sambalpur University in 2015. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomus), Gope Palace, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. His main fields of research are soil erosion spatial modeling, badland geomorphology, gully morphology, water resources and natural resources mapping and modeling. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. Dr. Shit is associate editor and on the editorial boards of three international journals in geography, and earth environment science.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spatial Mapping and Modelling for Kala-azar Disease
Authors: Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Medical Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41227-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41226-5Published: 08 April 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41227-2Published: 07 April 2020
Series ISSN: 2523-3610
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3629
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 142
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Geography, Infectious Diseases, Health Informatics, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography