Perspectives on using remotely-sensed imagery in predictive veterinary epidemiology and global early warning systems

Martin, Vincent and De Simone, Lorenzo and Lubroth, Juan and Ceccato, Pietro and Véronique, Chevalier (2007) Perspectives on using remotely-sensed imagery in predictive veterinary epidemiology and global early warning systems. Geospatial health , 2 (1). pp. 3-14. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

Recent disease epidemics and their spread around the world have illustrated the weaknesses of disease surveillance and early warning systems (EWS), both at national and international levels. These diseases continuously threaten the livestock sector on a worldwide basis, some with major public health impact. EWS and accurate forecasting of new outbreaks of epidemic livestock diseases that may also affect wildlife, and the capacity for spread of such diseases to new areas is an essential pre-requisite to their effective containment and control. Because both the geographical and seasonal distribution of many infectious diseases are linked to climate, the possibility of using climaterelated environmental factors as predictive indicators, in association with regular disease surveillance activities, has proven to be relevant when establishing EWS for climate-related diseases. This article reviews the growing importance of using geographical information systems in predictive veterinary epidemiology and its integration into EWS, with a special focus on Rift Valley fever. It shows that, once fully validated in a country or region, this technology appears highly valuable and could play an increasing role in forecasting major epidemics, providing lead time to national veterinary services to take action to mitigate the impact of the disease in a cost-effective manner.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	injury, web mapping, geographical information system, public health, user-centred design, usability-testing
Subjects:	000 Scienza degli elaboratori - Scienze dell’informazione - Scienze archivistiche, librarie e dell'informazione documentaria – opere generali > 004 Elaborazione dei dati, Scienza degli elaboratori, Informatica (Data processing, Computer science) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 614 Medicina legale; incidenza delle malattie; Medicina preventiva pubblica > 614.4 Incidenza delle malattie e misure pubblica per prevenirle (classificare qui l'Epidemiologia, l'Epidemiologia clinica) 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 910 Geografia e viaggi > 910.285 Geographic information systems
Depositing User:	Users 66 not found.
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2010 10:37
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2010 10:37
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/2793

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