Spatial epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in Africa: risk models, transmission dynamics and control
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 101 (1), 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.08.004
Abstract
Summary. This paper reviews recent studies on the spatial epidemiology of human schistosomiasis in Africa. The integrated use of geographical information systeThis publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
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