Spatial patterns of malaria in the Amazon: implications for surveillance and targeted interventions.
Health Place
; 13(2): 368-80, 2007 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16815074
A measure of local spatial association, G(i)*(d), is applied to test for the presence of malaria clusters in a colonization area in the Brazilian Amazon. Clusters of high and low malaria rates at different moments in time are identified. They suggest unambiguous spatial patterns of transmission, most likely linked to the social and natural habitat. Results imply that a comprehensive identification of the determinants of malaria transmission requires a spatial framework of analysis, and that control strategies must be spatially targeted and guided by a surveillance system that constantly learns the specificities of local transmission and adapts interventions to them.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vigilância da População
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Geografia
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Malária
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Place
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Reino Unido