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Eléments d'élaboration d'un plan de contrôle de la trypanosomose dans les zones libérées de l'onchocercose Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Epidémiologie spatiale de la trypanosomose en Afrique de l'Ouest: risque et priorités d'action Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Screening for Rift Valley fever infection in northern Somalia; a GIS based survey method to overcome the lack of sampling frame Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Trypanosomiasis in Kinshasa, distribution of the vector, Glossina fuscipes quanzensis, and risk of transmission in the peri-urban area Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Leak localization in water distribution networks using GIS-Enhanced autoencoders Universiteit Gent
Water loss due to persistent leakages in water distribution networks remains a substantive problem around the world, all the more so given noticeable trends of increasing global water scarcities. In this paper, we present a data-driven leak localization approach leveraging a connected Geographical Information System together with an autoencoder to perform anomaly detection on time-variable sensor data. Data-driven approaches are able to ...
A cluster of Legionnaires' disease in Belgium linked to a cooling tower, August-September 2016: practical approach and challenges Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A cluster of Legionnaires' disease (LD) with 10 confirmed, three probable and four possible cases occurred in August and September 2016 in Dendermonde, Belgium. The incidence in the district was 7 cases/100 000 population, exceeding the maximum annual incidence in the previous 5 years of 1.5/100 000. Epidemiological, environmental and geographical investigations identified a cooling tower (CT) as the most likely source. The case risk around the ...
Towards assessing fine-scale indicators for the spatial transmission risk of Fasciola hepatica in cattle Universiteit Gent
In order to improve the spatial resolution of current risk maps for fasciolosis in cattle, more knowledge is needed with respect to farm-level factors that determine infection risk. In this study, we visited 39 dairy farms within a predefined low-and high-risk area for fasciolosis in Belgium and assessed their infection status by an indirect bulk tank milk enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Management factors were collected and all ...
Detecting spatial clusters of Taenia solium infections in a rural block in South India Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of seizures/epilepsy in countries endemic for the disease. The objectives of this study were to spatially map the burden of active epilepsy (AE), NCC, taeniasis, seroprevalence for cysticercal antibodies and positivity to circulating cysticercal antigens in Kaniyambadi block (approximately 100 villages comprising 100 000 population) of Vellore district and to detect spatial clusters of AE, NCC, taeniasis ...
Risk of malaria transmission from fish ponds in the Peruvian Amazon Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: The contribution made by fish ponds (pisciculture) to malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon remains to be confirmed. Recent entomological evidence indicates that Anopheles darlingi, the main malaria vector in the region, is frequently found in fish ponds along the Iquitos-Nauta road (Loreto, Peru). The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of fish pond density on malaria occurrence. METHODS: A retrospective 30-month ...