Buruli ulcer disease prevalence in Benin, West Africa: Associations with land use/cover and the identification of disease clusters

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wagner, Tyler ^a,b   Benbow, M Eric ^a   Brenden, Travis O ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^a   Johnson, R Christian ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LAND COVER; LAND USE;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

ARTICLE; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 45149090869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-25     Document Type: Article

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