Geographical information system and predictive risk maps of urinary schistosomiasis in Ogun State, Nigeria
Open Access
- 31 May 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (1) , 74
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-74
Abstract
The control of urinary schistosomiasis in Ogun State, Nigeria remains inert due to lack of reliable data on the geographical distribution of the disease and the population at risk. To help in developing a control programme, delineating areas of risk, geographical information system and remotely sensed environmental images were used to developed predictive risk maps of the probability of occurrence of the disease and quantify the risk for infection in Ogun State, Nigeria.Keywords
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