Predicting the abundance of African horse sickness vectors in South Africa using GIS and artificial neural networks

Predicting the abundance of African horse sickness vectors in South Africa using GIS and artificial neural networks

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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
Subjects:
African horse sickness
artificial neural network
Culicoides
geographic information system
GIS model
Online Access:http://192.168.0.118/index.php/sajs/article/view/9825

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