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Article: New malaria study findings have been reported by F.M. Mutuku and colleagues.(Report)
- Article from:
- Malaria Weekly (Atlanta, GA)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2009
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"A supervised land cover classification was developed from very high resolution IKONOS satellite data and extensive ground truth sampling of a ca. 10 sq km malaria-endemic lowland in western Kenya. The classification was then applied to an investigation of distribution of larval Anopheles habitats," scientists in Kisumu, Kenya report (see also Malaria).
"The hypothesis was that the distribution and abundance of aquatic habitats of larvae of various species of mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles is associated with identifiable landscape features. The classification resulted in 7 distinguishable land cover types, each with a distinguishable vegetation pattern, was ...