Satellite imaging and vector-borne diseases: the approach of the French National Space Agency (CNES)

Marechal, Fabienne and Ribeiro, Nathalie and Lafaye, Murielle and Güell, Antonio (2008) Satellite imaging and vector-borne diseases: the approach of the French National Space Agency (CNES). Geospatial health , 3 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

Tele-epidemiology consists in studying human and animal epidemic, the spread of which is closely tied to environmental factors, using data from earth-orbiting satellites. By combining various data originated from satellites such as SPOT (vegetation indexes), Meteosat (winds and cloud masses) and other Earth observation data from Topex/Poseidon and Envisat (wave height, ocean temperature and colour) with hydrology data (number and distribution of lakes, water levels in rivers and reservoirs) and clinical data from humans and animals (clinical cases and serum use), predictive mathematical models can be constructed. A number of such approaches have been tested in the last three years. In Senegal, for example, Rift Valley fever epidemics are being monitored using a predictive model based on the rate at which water holes dry out after the rainy season, which affects the number of mosquito eggs which carry the virus. Keywords: satellites, Earth-observation, tele-epidemiology, vector-borne disease, mathematical modelling.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: satellites, Earth-observation, tele-epidemiology, vector-borne disease, mathematical modelling
Subjects: 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: biblioteca 7
Date Deposited: 18 Jun 2010 06:08
Last Modified: 18 Jun 2010 06:08
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/2799

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