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November 12, 2020

Aerial images could help locate, predict outbreaks of schistosomiasis

Satellite images, drone photos and even Google Earth could help identify communities most at risk for getting one of the world’s worst tropical diseases - schistosomiasis.

Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi / University of Washington, drone imagery courtesy Andrew Chamberlin / Stanford University


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