Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Joint Authors
Dutra, Luciano V.
Freitas, Corina C.
Guimarães, Ricardo J. P. S.
Felgueiras, Carlos A.
Carvalho, Omar dos Santos
de Oliveira, Guilherme Corrêa
Tibiriçá, Sandra H. C.
Drummond, Sandra C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are composed of useful tools to map and to model the spatial distribution of events that have geographic importance as schistosomiasis.
This paper is a review of the use the indicator kriging, implemented on the Georeferenced Information Processing System (SPRING) to make inferences about the prevalence of schistosomiasis and the presence of the species of Biomphalaria, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni, in areas without this information, in the Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
The results were two maps.
The first one was a map of Biomphalaria species, and the second was a new map of estimated prevalence of schistosomiasis.
The obtained results showed that the indicator kriging can be used to better allocate resources for study and control of schistosomiasis in areas with transmission or the possibility of disease transmission.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Guimarães, Ricardo J. P. S.& Freitas, Corina C.& Dutra, Luciano V.& Felgueiras, Carlos A.& Drummond, Sandra C.& Tibiriçá, Sandra H. C.…[et al.]. 2012. Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502117
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Guimarães, Ricardo J. P. S.…[et al.]. Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502117
American Medical Association (AMA)
Guimarães, Ricardo J. P. S.& Freitas, Corina C.& Dutra, Luciano V.& Felgueiras, Carlos A.& Drummond, Sandra C.& Tibiriçá, Sandra H. C.…[et al.]. Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-502117
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-502117