Using Satellite Images of Environmental Changes to Predict Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Using Satellite Images of Environmental Changes to Predict Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Recent events clearly illustrate a continued vulnerability of large populations to infectious diseases, which is related to our changing human-constructed and natural environments. A single person with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in 2007 provided a wake-up call to the United States and global p...

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Main Authors: Timothy E. Ford, Rita R. Colwell, Joan B. Rose, Stephen S. Morse, David J. Rogers, Terry L. Yates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Satellite imaging
cholera
prediction
global change
environment
hantavirus
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/08-1334_article

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