A method for estimating the deforestation timeline in rural settlements in a scenario of malaria transmission in frontier expansion in the Amazon Region
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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113(9): e170522, 2018. tab, graf
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in English
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| ID: biblio-955127
ABSTRACT
The Malaria Frontier Hypothesis (MFH) is the current model for predicting malaria emergence in the Brazilian Amazon. It has two important dimensions, 'settlement time' and 'malaria incidence', and its prediction are malaria incidence peaks five years after the initiation of human settlement and declines towards zero after an estimated 10 years. Although MFH is currently accepted, it has been challenged recently. Herein, we described a novel method for estimating settlement timeline by using remote sensing technology integrated in an open-software geographic information system. Surprisingly, we found that of the majority of the rural settlements with high malaria incidence are more than 10 years old.
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Main subject:
Geographic Information Systems
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Malaria
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Faculdade de Medicina do ABC/BR
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Secretaria de Estado da Saúde de São Paulo/BR
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The Wadsworth Center/US
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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