A supervised land cover classification of a western Kenya lowland endemic for human malaria: associations of land cover with larval <it>Anopheles </it>habitats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A supervised land cover classification was developed from very high resolution IKONOS satellite data and extensive ground truth sampling of a ca. 10 sq km malaria-endemic lowland in western Kenya. The classification was then applied...

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Main Authors: Mutuku FM, Bayoh MN, Hightower AW, Vulule JM, Gimnig JE, Mueke JM, Amimo FA, Walker ED
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/8/1/19