An exploratory GIS-based method to identify and characterise landscapes with an elevated epidemiological risk of Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis

An exploratory GIS-based method to identify and characterise landscapes with an elevated epidemiological risk of Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis

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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Specific land cover types and activities have been correlated with <it>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</it> distributions, indicating the importance of landscape for epidemiological risk. However, methods proposed to ident...

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Main Authors: Wardrop Nicola A, Fèvre Eric M, Atkinson Peter M, Kakembo Abbas SL, Welburn Susan C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
<it>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</it>
Tsetse
<it>Glossina fuscipes</it>
GIS
Spatial epidemiology
Landscape epidemiology
Sleeping sickness
Disease ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/316

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