Satellite based assessment of hydroclimatic conditions related to cholera in Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Jutla, Antarpreet ^a   Aldaach, Haidar ^a   Billian, Hannah ^a   Akanda, Ali ^b   Huq, Anwar ^c   Colwell, Rita ^c,d,e  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HYDROCLIMATIC PROCESS; INFECTION RISK; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PRECIPITATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZIMBABWE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84947969469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137828     Document Type: Article

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