Title :
Computerized disease vector identification keys
Author :
Stockwell, Scott A. ; Glick, Jayson I.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Communicable Diseases & Immunology, Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
An illustrated, interactive, computerized key to the mosquito genera of North America is presented. The key assists military preventive medicine personnel in assessing the threat from arthropod-borne disease, allowing them to develop successful, cost-effective, and environmentally safe countermeasures. The software is designed for use by military preventive medicine personnel and demonstrates how information currently available only in printed format can be adapted and improved for use with computer systems. Data and directive files for the key are formatted for use with the DELTA system of programs and the key implements a beta version of INTKEY 4.0
Keywords :
health hazards; identification; interactive terminals; medical information systems; medicine; military computing; risk management; visual databases; DELTA system; INTKEY 4.0; North America; arboviruses; arthropod-borne disease; beta version; computer systems; computerized disease vector identification keys; cost-effective countermeasures; data files; directive files; environmentally safe countermeasures; illustrated interactive computerized key; malaria; military preventive medicine personnel; mosquito genera; software; threat; Diseases; Government; Immune system; Medical control systems; Military computing; North America; Personnel; Portable computers; Protection; Software design;
Conference_Titel :
Military Telemedicine On-Line Today, 1995. Research, Practice, and Opportunities., Proceedings of the National Forum
Conference_Location :
McLean, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5860-6
DOI :
10.1109/MTOL.1995.504544
