Geostatistical modelling of the malaria risk in Mozambique: Effect of the spatial resolution when using remotely-sensed imagery

Geospatial Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 232-238

  Giardina, Federica ^a,b   Franke, Jonas ^c   Vounatsou, Penelope ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c REMOTE SENSING SOLUTIONS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geostatistical models; Malaria; Remote sensing; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOZAMBIQUE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84948763125     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.333     Document Type: Article

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