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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en Inglés
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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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Asunto principal:
Sistemas de Información Geográfica
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Malaria
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitología
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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Documento de proyecto
País de afiliación:
Brasil
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Estados Unidos
Institución/País de afiliación:
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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