Mapping Historic Hookworm Disease Prevalence in the Southern Us, Comparing Percent Prevalence with Percent Soil Drainage Type Using GIS
Mapping of Historic US Hookworm prevalence data from the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission (early 1900s) using current GIS (Geographic Information System) software (county shape files) illustrates the extremely high prevalence of hookworm disease (Uncariasis) in the Southeastern US at the time. Some c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/IDRT.S6762 |