Another publication from the Phd by Yvonne Walz just got published. Read the abstract and check out the online availability: Schistosomiasis is the most widespread water-based disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission is governed by the spatial distribution of specific freshwater snails that act as intermediate hosts and human water contact patterns. Remote sensing data have been utilized for spatially explicit risk profiling of schistosomiasis. We investigated the potential of remote sensing to characterize habitat conditions of parasite and intermediate host snails and discuss the relevance for public health.
EORC at City Festival
The Stadtfest Würzburg took over the city this weekend, and any many organisations, local initiatives, like DLRG and all other kinds of groups had booths, and we joined in with our own little corner on Earth observation beside various other University tents by...
