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Mapping the zoonotic niche of Ebola virus disease in Africa

eLife, 2014
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a complex zoonosis that is highly virulent in humans. The largest recorded outbreak of EVD is ongoing in West Africa, outside of its previously reported and predicted niche. We assembled location data on all recorded zoonotic
David M Pigott, Nick Golding, Adrian Mylne, Zhi Huang, Andrew J Henry, Daniel J Weiss, Oliver J Brady, Moritz UG Kraemer, David L Smith, Catherine L Moyes, Samir Bhatt, Peter W Gething, Peter W Horby, Isaac I Bogoch, John S Brownstein, Sumiko R Mekaru, Andrew J Tatem, Kamran Khan, Simon I Hay   +18 more
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Adjusting for sampling variability in sparse data: geostatistical approaches to disease mapping

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2011
Background Disease maps of crude rates from routinely collected health data indexed at a small geographical resolution pose specific statistical problems due to the sparse nature of the data.
Pilcher Christopher D, Gesink Dionne C, Serre Marc L, Hampton Kristen H, Miller William C   +4 more
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Pattern of Gastric Cancer Incidence in Iran is Changed after Correcting the Misclassification Error

Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2020
Background: The main aim of the present study was to map the real high risk regions of gastric cancer (GC) using corrected data for misclassification error in all Iranian provinces. Method: In this cross-sectional study, the data were extracted from the
Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Hadis Najafimehr, Nastaran Hajizadeh, Mohammad Reza Zali   +3 more
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The Skin—A Common Pathway for Integrating Diagnosis and Management of NTDs

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Many of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have major skin manifestations. These skin-related NTDs or ‘skin NTDs’ cause significant morbidity and economic hardship in some of the poorest communities worldwide.
David John Chandler, Lucinda Claire Fuller   +1 more
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An Introductory Framework for Choosing Spatiotemporal Analytical Tools in Population-Level Eco-Epidemiological Research

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Spatiotemporal visualization and analytical tools (SATs) are increasingly being applied to risk-based surveillance/monitoring of adverse health events affecting humans, animals, and ecosystems.
Kaushi S. T. Kanankege, Julio Alvarez, Lin Zhang, Andres M. Perez   +3 more
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Tobermory, Northern Territory [cartographic material] : Commonwealth topographic survey /

, 1960
Provisional ed. Topographic map of Tobermorey region, Northern Territory, on sheet entitled Tobermory, Northern Territory, showing classes of roads, railway and telephone lines, mines, post offices, wireless transceivers, windpumps, airports or airfields
Australia. Division of National Mapping.
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Antarctica compared with Australia and the British Isles [cartographic material]

, 1969
Comparative area map of Antarctica, Australia and the British Isles, with images to scale of the British Isles imposed over Australia which is in turn imposed over Antarctica.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn4649833; National Library's
Australia. Division of National Mapping.
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Mapping Disease Data: A Usability Test of an Internet-Based System of Disease Status Disclosure

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Disease maps are important tools in the management of disease. By communicating risk, disease maps can help raise awareness of disease and encourage farmers and veterinarians to employ best practice to eliminate the spread of disease.
Gareth Enticott, Andrew Mitchell, William Wint, Nigel Tait   +3 more
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Urandangi, Queensland [cartographic material] /

, 1951
1st ed. Topographic map of Urandangi region, Queensland, showing classes of roads, railway and telephone lines, fences, state boundries, watercourses and dams, windpumps, and bore, tank and well classifictions. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.;
Australia. National Mapping Section.
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Updates to the zoonotic niche map of Ebola virus disease in Africa

eLife, 2016
As the outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is now contained, attention is turning from control to future outbreak prediction and prevention.
David M Pigott, Anoushka I Millear, Lucas Earl, Chloe Morozoff, Barbara A Han, Freya M Shearer, Daniel J Weiss, Oliver J Brady, Moritz UG Kraemer, Catherine L Moyes, Samir Bhatt, Peter W Gething, Nick Golding, Simon I Hay   +13 more
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