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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Main Authors: Sanet Eksteen, Gregory Breetzke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2011-07-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:http://192.168.0.115/index.php/sajs/article/view/9825