Assessing the risk for dengue fever based on socioeconomic and environmental variables in a geographical information system environment

Khormi, Hassan M. and Kumar, Lalit (2012) Assessing the risk for dengue fever based on socioeconomic and environmental variables in a geographical information system environment. Geospatial health , 6 (2). pp. 171-176. ISSN 1970-7096

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Abstract

An important option in preventing the spread of dengue fever (DF) is to control and monitor its vector (Aedes aegypti) as well as to locate and destroy suitable mosquito breeding environments. The aim of the present study was to use a combination of environmental and socioeconomic variables to model areas at risk of DF. These variables include clinically confirmed DF cases, mosquito counts, population density in inhabited areas, total populations per district, water access, neighbourhood quality and the spatio-temporal risk of DF based on the average, weekly frequency of DF incidence. Out of 111 districts investigated, 17 (15%), covering a total area of 121 km², were identified as of high risk, 25 (22%), covering 133 km², were identified as of medium risk, 18 (16%), covering 180 km², were identified as of low risk and 51 (46%), covering 726 km², were identified as of very low risk. The resultant model shows that most areas at risk of DF were concentrated in the central part of Jeddah county, Saudi Arabia. The methods used can be implemented as routine procedures for control and prevention. A concerted intervention in the medium- and high-risk level districts identified in this study could be highly effective in reducing transmission of DF in the area as a whole

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Aedes aegypti, dengue fever, environmental and socioeconomic risk factors, geographical information system, Saudi Arabia
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 > 614.5 Incidenza di specifiche malattie e tipi di malattia e misure pubbliche per prevenirle > 614.58 Malattie da virus > 614.588 Infezioni da virus a RNA (Include la febbre da zecche del Colorado, la febbre della valle del Rift, le infezioni da hantavirus, le infezioni da retroviridae) > 614.5885 Infezioni da flavivirus > 614.58852 Dengue (Include la febbre emorragica dengue) 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 910 Geografia e viaggi > 910.285 Geographic information systems
Depositing User:	Chiara Ceccucci
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2012 10:11
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2012 10:11
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/4194

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