Predicting the abundance of African horse sickness vectors in South Africa using GIS and artificial neural networks
African horse sickness (AHS) is a disease that is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and is caused by a virus potentially transmitted by a number of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) including Culicoides imicola and Culicoides bolitinos. The strong association between outbreaks of AHS and th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academy of Science of South Africa
2011-07-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/10017 |