Name
Abstract | ||
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This study presents a risk assessment of the schistosomiasis disease transmission for a study site in eastern Burkina Faso. Environmental parameters derived from high resolution Rapid Eye data and SRTM data are weighted and integrated into a suitability index using an additive priority function. The spatial risk assessment of schistosomiasis transmission is calculated based on the snail habitat suitability, human settlement density and the distance between settlements and potential transmission areas. The risk assessment on the local scale presents a heterogeneous pattern of disease transmission risk, which could guide public health workers to hotspots of disease transmission and apply prevention and intervention measures more efficient. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351995 | Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
diseases,health and safety,health care,remote sensing,risk management,SRTM data,additive priority function,disease transmission hotspot,disease transmission risk,eastern Burkina Faso,environmental parameter,high resolution Rapid Eye data,human settlement density,intervention measure,potential transmission area,prevention measure,public health workers,schistosomiasis disease transmission,schistosomiasis risk assessment,settlement distance,snail habitat suitability,space,spatial risk assessment,suitability index,Rapid Eye,habitat suitability,human health,risk assessment,schistosomiasis | Public health,Transmission (mechanics),Schistosomiasis,Computer science,Local scale,Remote sensing,Risk assessment,Shuttle Radar Topography Mission,Risk management,Human settlement,Cartography | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
2153-6996 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-1158-8 | 978-1-4673-1158-8 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 1 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Walz | 1 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Martin Wegmann | 2 | 11 | 3.48 |
| S. Dech | 3 | 171 | 28.32 |