Validation of a Remote Sensing Model to Identify Simulium damnosum s.l. Breeding Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Jacob, Benjamin G ^a   Novak, Robert J ^a   Toe, Laurent D ^b   Sanfo, Moussa ^b   Griffith, Daniel A ^c   Lakwo, Thomson L ^d   Habomugisha, Peace ^e   Katabarwa, Moses N ^f   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e Carter Center Uganda   (Uganda)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; LARVA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84880835087     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002342     Document Type: Article

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