A Theoretical Analysis of the Geography of Schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso Highlights the Roles of Human Mobility and Water Resources Development in Disease Transmission

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Perez Saez, Javier ^a   Mari, Lorenzo ^b   Bertuzzo, Enrico ^a   Casagrandi, Renato ^b   Sokolow, Susanne H ^c,d   De Leo, Giulio A ^c,e   Mande, Theophile ^a   Ceperley, Natalie ^a   Froehlich, Jean Marc ^a   Sou, Mariam ^f   Karambiri, Harouna ^f   Yacouba, Hamma ^f   Maiga, Amadou ^f   Gatto, Marino ^b   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,g  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Stanford University   (United States)

^f Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; BURKINA FASO; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BURKINA FASO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84955302243     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004127     Document Type: Article

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