2011
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2011.168
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Geospatial tools for the identification of a malaria corridor in Estado Sucre, a Venezuelan north-eastern state

Abstract: Abstract. Landscape ecology research relies on frameworks based on geographical information systems (GIS), geostatistics and spatial-feature relationships. With regard to health, the approach consists of systems analysis using a set of powerful tools aimed at the reduction of community vulnerability through improved public policies. The north-oriental malaria focus, one of five such foci in Venezuela, situated in the north-eastern part of the Estado Sucre state, unites several social and environmental features… Show more

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“…Until now, studies using GIS in malaria in Latin America have been published mostly from Brazil [22][23][24][25] and Venezuela [26]. There are few previous reports specifically from Colombia [11,22].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Until now, studies using GIS in malaria in Latin America have been published mostly from Brazil [22][23][24][25] and Venezuela [26]. There are few previous reports specifically from Colombia [11,22].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…As the malaria risk is also unevenly distributed in the endemic areas (Confalonieri, 2005), geographic information systems (GIS) are useful for spatial analysis because they allow surveying and understanding the epidemiological behaviour of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (Ceccato et al, 2005;Machault et al, 2011;Delgado-Petrocelli et al, 2011;Franke et al, 2015 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These techniques can be successfully used only in conjunction with a thorough understanding of environmental and epidemiologic processes of malaria transmission. As suggested by Delgado-Petrocelli et al (2011), using an integrated spatial technology including ecological, climatic and epidemiological data, the relationship between geographic features, human activities, and malaria prevalence/incidence can be investigated. However, there is still no operational monitoring system available which, for example, allows monthly mapping of environmental suitability for malaria transmission throughout Africa.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%