Application of fine resolution satellite data to spatial analysis and control of infectious diseases: Schistosomiasis in Kenya and Chagas disease in Argentina

KITRON U; CLENNON JA,; GURTLER RE; KING CH; CECERE MC; VÁZQUEZ-PROKOPEC G; THORNHILL J; BECK L

Remote Sensing and the Control of Infectious Diseases: Proceedings of an Interamerican Workshop.

ENSP/FIOCRUZ,

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2005; p. 22 - 33

Spatial analysis is an essential part of infectious disease epidemiology, and has applications for understanding transmission dynamics as well as for disease surveillance and control. For vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, landscape, climate, and other environmental factors impact the population dynamics of arthropod vectors, intermediate hosts (e.g., snails) and reservoir hosts (e.g., sylvatic mammals and birds). Consequently, evaluating the spatial component for parasitic and vector-borne diseases often entails obtaining and integrating vast amounts of environmental and field data for hosts, vectors and pathogens.