Monitoring killer mice from space: Green on satellite images warns of hantavirus outbreaks
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 22:10
in Biology & Nature
The risk of deadly hantavirus outbreaks in people can be predicted months ahead of time by using satellite images to monitor surges in vegetation that boost mouse populations, a new study says. The method also might forecast outbreaks of other rodent-borne illnesses worldwide.