Spatial risk prediction and mapping of Schistosoma mansoni infections among schoolchildren living in western Côte d'Ivoire

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-108

  Raso, G ^a,b   Matthys, B ^a,b   N'Goran, E K ^b,c   Tanner, M ^a   Vounatsou, P ^a   Utzinger, J ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Bayesian geostatistics; C te d'Ivoire; Geographical information system; Kriging; Prediction; Remote sensing; Risk mapping; Schistosoma mansoni; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 22444451295     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007432     Document Type: Article

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