Edmund Seto, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor and Assistant Researcher (Env Health Sciences)
PHONE: (510) 642-9219
FAX: (510) 642-5815
LOCATION: 717 University Hall
E-MAIL: seto@berkeley.edu
WEB SITES: PH 290 GIS and Remote Sensing in Public Health, Edmund Seto website
Research Interests
- Mathematical Modeling
- Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Disease
- Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
- Spatial Epidemiology
Publications
Davis G, Wu W, Liu H, Williams A, Lu S, Chen H, Seto E, "Applying GIS and RS to the epidemiology of schistsomiasis in Poyang Lake, China", Geographic Information Sciences, 8: 67-77, 2003
Eisenberg JNS, Seto EYW, Colford JM, Olivieri A, Spear RC, "An analysis of the Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis outbreak based on a dynamic model of the infection process", Epidemiology, 9: 255-263, 1998
Seto E, Xu B, Liang S, Gong P, Wu WP, Davis G, Qiu DC, Gu XG, Spear R, "The use of remote sensing for predictive modeling of schistosomiasis in China", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 68: 167-174, 2002
Seto E, Wu W, Qiu D, Liu H, Gu X, Chen H, Spear R, Davis G, "Impact of soil chemistry on the distribution of Oncomelania hupensis (Gastropoda:Pomatiopsidae) in China", Malacologia, 44: 319-343, 2002
Seto E, Liang S, Qiu D, Gu X, Spear RC, "A protocol for geographically randomized snail surveys in schistosomiasis fieldwork using the global positioning system", American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 64: 98-9, 2001
Spear RC, Seto E, Liang S, Birkner M, Hubbard A, Qiu D, Yang C, Zhong B, Xu F, Gu X, Davis GM, "Factors influencing the transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in the mountains of Sichuan Province of China", American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 70: 48-56, 2004
Spear RC, Hubbard A, Liang S, Seto E, "Disease Transmission Models for Public Health Decision Making: Toward an Approach for Designing Intervention Strategies for Schistosomiasis japonica", Environmental Health Perspectives, 110: 907-15, 2002
Stothard J, Mgeni A, Khamis S, Seto E, Ramsan M, Hubbard S, Kristensen T, Rollinson D, "New insights into the transmission biology of urinary schistosomiasis in Zanzibar", Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 96: 470-475, 2002
Stothard J, Mgeni A, Khamis S, Seto E, Ramsan M, Rollinson D, "Urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren on Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania: a parasitological survey supplemented with questionnaires", Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 96: 507-514, 2002
Xu B, Gong P, Spear R, Seto E, "Comparison of different gray level reduction schemes for a revised texture spectrum method for land-use classification using IKONOS imagery", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69: 529-536, 2003
Profile updated: February 1, 2005