Improving spatial prediction of Schistosoma haematobium prevalence in southern Ghana through new remote sensors and local water access profiles.

• Main Authors: Alexandra V Kulinkina (Author), Yvonne Walz (Author), Magaly Koch (Author), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Elena N Naumova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosomiasis is a water-related neglected tropical disease. In many endemic low- and middle-income countries, insufficient surveillance and reporting lead to poor characterization of the demographic and geographic distribution of schistosomiasis cases. Hence, modeling is relied upon to predict ar...