Spatial dependency of cholera prevalence on potential cholera reservoirs in an urban area, Kumasi, Ghana

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 331-339

  Osei, Frank B ^a   Duker, Alfred A ^a   Augustijn, Ellen Wien ^b   Stein, Alfred ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholera; Dumpsites; Fecal; Reservoir; Runoff; Spatial regression; Vibrios

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84862491570     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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