A landscape-based model for predicting Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer disease) presence in Benin, West Africa

EcoHealth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Wagner, Tyler ^a   Benbow, M Eric ^a   Burns, Meghan ^a   Johnson, R Christian ^b   Merritt, Richard W ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^a   Small, Pamela L C ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Programme National de Lutte Contre l'UB   (Benin)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Infectious disease; Land use cover; Landscape based model; Mycobacterium ulcerans; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; URBAN AREA;

BENIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PREVALENCE;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 43449087331     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0148-7     Document Type: Article

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