An exploratory GIS-based method to identify and characterise landscapes with an elevated epidemiological risk of Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis

BACKGROUND: Specific land cover types and activities have been correlated with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense distributions, indicating the importance of landscape for epidemiological risk. However, methods proposed to identify specific areas with elevated epidemiological risk (i.e. where transmissi...

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Main Authors: Wardrop, Nicola A. (Author), Fèvre, Eric M. (Author), Atkinson, Peter M. (Author), Kakembo, Abbas S.L (Author), Welburn, Susan C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012-11-21.
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