Open AccessSatellites and Cell Phones Form a Cholera Early-Warning System
Author(s) -
A. S. Akanda,
Sheikh Aejaz Aziz,
Antarpreet Jutla,
Anwar Huq,
Munirul Alam,
Gias U. Ahsan,
Rita R. Colwell
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo094839
Subject(s) - cholera , warning system , computer science , remote sensing , telecommunications , geography , virology , medicine
A new initiative combines satellite data with ground observations to assess and predict the risk of cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh’s vulnerable populations.