Combining process-based and correlative models improves predictions of climate change effects on Schistosoma mansoni transmission in eastern Africa

Currently, two broad types of approach for predicting the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases can be distinguished: i) empirical-statistical (correlative) approaches that use statistical models of relationships between vector and/or pathogen presence and environmental factors; and ii)...

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Main Authors: Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Mark Booth, Grigory Nikulin, Nicky McCreesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/406