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Buruli Ulcer (BU) and landscape disturbance in Ghana

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Originator:The Pennsylvania State University

Publication_Date:2007 - 2010

Title:

Buruli Ulcer (BU) and landscape disturbance in Ghana

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Abstract:

We studied the relationship between a neglected tropical disease called Buruli Ulcer (BU) and landscape disturbance.  We hypothesized that the increased presence of BU was related to the increase in deforestation and mining, especially alluvial mining, in endemic areas of the disease.  We used satellite imagery at several resolutions to characterize land cover between areas with and without the disease.  Our results showed that areas with the disease had higher amounts of alluvial mining and agriculture, and lower amounts of urban area.   We also determined that older people had higher prevalence of the disease than children.  While it is unclear how people come in contact with the bacteria, our paper shows that the importance of where people live (specifically, what land activities are occurring in the area) seems to play a large role in determining disease risk.

Data set #1
Ghana Buruli Ulcer Cases 2007-2010: Includes village #, village location (lat/long), village population, and number of  hospital-confirmed Buruli Ulcer cases per village.  

Data set #2
Ghana Village Landcover: This dataset includes the percent of six alternative land covers (unclassified, urban, water, grassland, forest, agriculture) surrounding 154 villages in southwestern Ghana.  Land classifications were derived from Landsat and Rapid Eye satellite imagery and were calculated at several radial distances from the village center (1 km, 2.5 km, 5 km, 10 km, 20 km, 30 km, 40 km).  Village ID number and location (lat/long) is also included.

Supplemental_Information:

Wu, J.*, P Tschakert, E Klutse, D Ferring, V Ricciardi, H Hausermann, J. Oppong, Smithwick EAH. Buruli ulcer disease and its association with land cover in Southwestern Ghana. PLoS Neglected Tropical Disease, in revision.

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West_Bounding_Coordinate:9.317

East_Bounding_Coordinate:4.10

North_Bounding_Coordinate:13.30

South_Bounding_Coordinate:0.91

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword:health

Theme_Keyword:imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

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Place_Keyword:Ghana

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:Penn State

Contact_Person:Erica Smithwick

Contact_Position:Associate Professor of Ecology

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Address_Type:mailing address

Address:

323 Walker Building

City:University Park

State_or_Province:Pennsylvania

Postal_Code:16802

Country:USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:smithwick@psu.edu

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State_or_Province:Pennsylvania

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Contact_Organization:Penn State Data Commons

Contact_Position:Metadata Coordinator

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Address_Type:mailing address

Address:

115 Land and Water Building

City:University Park

State_or_Province:Pennsylvania

Postal_Code:16802

Country:United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:814-865-8792

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:datacommons@psu.edu

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Metadata_Standard_Version:FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention:local time

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