Infectious Disease
Researchers from Institute Pasteur report recent findings in infectious disease
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 19th, 2010
New research, 'Geographical and environmental approaches to urban malaria in Antananarivo (Madagascar),' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Antananarivo, Madagascar, "Previous studies, conducted in the urban of Antananarivo, showed low rate of confirmed malaria cases. We used a geographical and environmental approach to investigate the contribution of environmental factors to urban malaria in Antananarivo."
"Remote sensing data were used to locate rice fields, which were considered to be the principal mosquito breeding sites. We carried out supervised classification by the maximum likelihood method. Entomological study allowed vector species...
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