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| | | | | | | Researchers convinced satellites are helpful in tracking epidemics
13 March 2006
| A dust storm moving across Africa's western Sahel belt on 3 March 2004, as seen by MSG-1, now renamed Meteosat-8. Dust storms are being mapped as part of the ESA-led Epidemio project.
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| | | | | Extract of a radar image centred on a cliff which works as a geographical barrier between two regions in the studied area : on the left, outbreaks have been registered, on the right, none have taken place. Satellite data being supplied to CIRMF researchers may help highlight patterns in the way Ebola strikes to help discover the mysterious host organism of the virus.
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| | | | | A Congolese family pose in their kitchen in the village of Mbomo, 10 November 2004. Fifteen members of the family died last year when in an Ebola outbreak spread through the region. The disease is highly infectious and easily transmitted through contact with the blood and other body fluids of victims, even when they are dead. Locals seemed to have learned the lessons taught by authorities in the capital Brazzaville, or by the Red Cross and relief aid workers. "We don't eat monkey meat and we don't collect dead meat any more," villagers chorused. One of the dangers has been eating dead animals found in the forest such as gorillas, considered the likely origin of the virus jumping to humans.
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| | | | | | | | | Satellite mapping can predict epidemics of mosquito-borne malaria. Several partners in ESA's Epidemio project are interested in obtaining improved meteorological and topographical data to fine-tune existing malaria epidemic early warning systems.
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