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Using Satellites to Predict Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Posted on September 15, 2008

If it were possible to predict outbreaks of infectious diseases, public health organizations would be able to act quickly and preemptively to help control and limit the spread. Dr. Rita R. Colwell of the University of Maryland, College Park, has been able to do just that by using satellite imaging to track climate information that supposedly can predict outbreaks of Cholera before they occur. Cholera is a water-borne disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and is a significant problem in the developing countries of the world. The gram-negative bacteria produces a cholera toxin which...

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