Spatio-temporal Patterns and Landscape-Associated Risk of Buruli Ulcer in Akonolinga, Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Landier, Jordi ^a,b   Gaudart, Jean ^c   Carolan, Kevin ^d   Lo Seen, Danny ^e   Guégan, Jean François ^d   Eyangoh, Sara ^b   Fontanet, Arnaud ^a,f   Texier, Gaëtan ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LANDSCAPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FLOODING; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS;

EID: 84907584836     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003123     Document Type: Article

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