马拉维的肉病消除地图:使用社区知识和地形地图的综合方法绘制载体Simulium繁殖场地的地图

Kareen Atekem1, Laston Sitima2, Dylo Pemba3

  • 1Department of Entomology, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA.

International health
|February 4, 2026
PubMed
概括

通过帮助识别马拉维的Simulium载体繁殖场所,社区的知识显著加快了胆固醇病消除地图 (OEM) 的速度. 这种方法提高了对被忽视的热带疾病的调查效率.

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