Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/435
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorOwusu-Sekyere, Ebenezer-
dc.contributor.authorBagah, Daniel A.-
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-19T15:28:18Z-
dc.date.available2016-01-19T15:28:18Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.issn2373-6712-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/435-
dc.description.abstractMycobacterium Ulcerans (MU) is the bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease whose epidemiology has proven hard to pin down till date. This study was undertaken to map out the high and low risk areas of the disease in the Amansie West District, the most endemic constituency in Ghana. The disease affects people who live on less than a dollar a day and scourges mainly women and children. It is unclear where the bacterium lives in the environment and how it enters the human body. These slits in knowledge necessitated the study. Semivariograms were computed to determine the strength and the spatial dependency of the pattern of the disease. Kriging was chosen in the variogram modeling. The BU datasets exhibited a highly positively skewed histogram with possible outlying. The kriged map showed large patches of BU infections in the southern, eastern and western parts of the study area. Coincidentally, these areas are drained by the two major rivers, Oda and Offin and also characterized by intense mining and agricultural activity. The paper is of the view that the environmental characteristics and intense economic activity may be responsible for the high concentration of MU in the identified areas.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience and Education Publishingen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 2;Issue 6-
dc.subjectVariogramen_US
dc.subjectKrigingen_US
dc.subjectSpatial patternsen_US
dc.subjectBuruli ulceren_US
dc.subjectMycobacterium ulceransen_US
dc.titleWHERE ARE THE MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS? MAPPING THE RISK AND VULNERABLE AREAS OF MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTION IN THE AMANSIE WEST DISTRICT OF GHANAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Appears in Collections:Faculty of Integrated Development Studies



Items in UDSspace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.