Title |
Land cover, land use and malaria in the Amazon: a systematic literature review of studies using remotely sensed data
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Published in |
Malaria Journal, June 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-192 |
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Authors |
Aurélia Stefani, Isabelle Dusfour, Ana Paula SA Corrêa, Manoel CB Cruz, Nadine Dessay, Allan KR Galardo, Clícia D Galardo, Romain Girod, Margarete SM Gomes, Helen Gurgel, Ana Cristina F Lima, Eduardo S Moreno, Lise Musset, Mathieu Nacher, Alana CS Soares, Bernard Carme, Emmanuel Roux |
Abstract |
The nine countries sharing the Amazon forest accounted for 89% of all malaria cases reported in the Americas in 2008. Remote sensing can help identify the environmental determinants of malaria transmission and their temporo-spatial evolution. Seventeen studies characterizing land cover or land use features, and relating them to malaria in the Amazon subregion, were identified. These were reviewed in order to improve the understanding of the land cover/use class roles in malaria transmission. The indicators affecting the transmission risk were summarized in terms of temporal components, landscape fragmentation and anthropic pressure. This review helps to define a framework for future studies aiming to characterize and monitor malaria. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 67% |
Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Brazil | 2 | 1% |
Peru | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 193 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 35 | 18% |
Researcher | 30 | 15% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 12 | 6% |
Other | 38 | 19% |
Unknown | 39 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 40 | 20% |
Environmental Science | 37 | 19% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 9% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 15 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 7 | 4% |
Other | 29 | 15% |
Unknown | 51 | 26% |