Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014)

27 articles Published 2 May 2014

Original Articles

27 articles

Impact of climate change and man-made irrigation systems on the transmission risk, long-term trend and seasonality of human and animal fascioliasis in Pakistan

Kiran Afshan, Cesar A. Fortes-Lima, Patricio Artigas, M. Adela Valero, Mazhar Qayyum, Santiago Mas-Coma

Pages 317-334

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.22
- 27,540 abstract views
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Modelling spatial distribution of snails transmitting parasitic worms with importance to human and animal health and analysis of distributional changes in relation to climate

Ulrik B. Pedersen, Nicholas Midzi, Takafira Mduluza, White Soko, Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Samson Mukaratirwa, Thomas K. Kristensen

Pages 335-343

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.23
- 4,709 abstract views
- 2,263 PDF
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Study of the snail intermediate hosts for Schistosoma mansoni on ItamaracÃ¡ Island in northeast Brazil: spatial displacement of Biomphalaria glabrata by Biomphalaria straminea

Constança S. Barbosa, Verônica S. Barbosa, Wheverton C. Nascimento, Otavio S. Pieri, Karina C. G. M. Araújo

Pages 345-351

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.24
- 2,551 abstract views
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Study of the variation of schistosomiasis risk in Lake Poyang in the People's Republic of China using multiple space-borne sensors for monitoring and modelling

Kuo-Hsin Tseng, Song Liang, Motomu Ibaraki, Hyongki Lee, C. K. Shum

Pages 353-364

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.25
- 2,010 abstract views
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Mapping and modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Peninsular Malaysia: implications for control approaches

Romano Ngui, Aziz Shafie, Kek H. Chua, Mohd S. Mistam, Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi, Wan W. W. Sulaiman, Rohela Mahmud, Yvonne A. L. Lim

Pages 365-376

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.26
- 4,896 abstract views
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Risk map for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia based on environmental factors as revealed by geographical information systems and statistics

Ahmed Seid, Endalamaw Gadisa, Teshome Tsegaw, Adugna Abera, Aklilu Teshome, Abate Mulugeta, Merce Herrero, Daniel Argaw, Alvar Jorge, Asnakew Kebede, Abraham Aseffa

Pages 377-387

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.27
- 7,937 abstract views
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Importance of individual analysis of environmental and climatic factors affecting the density of Leishmania vectors living in the same geographical area: the example of Phlebotomus ariasi and P. perniciosus in northeast Spain

Cristina Ballart, Irene Guerrero, Xavier Castells, Sergio Baròn, Soledad Castillejo, M. Magdalena Alcover, Montserrat Portús, Montserrat Gállego

Pages 389-403

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.28
- 3,438 abstract views
- 1,527 PDF
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Climate change and the potential global distribution of Aedes aegypti: spatial modelling using geographical information system and CLIMEX

Hassan M. Khormi, Lalit Kumar

Pages 405-415

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.29
- 11,030 abstract views
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Geospatial analysis of invasion of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: competition with Aedes japonicus japonicus in its northern limit area in Japan

Naoko Nihei, Osamu Komagata, Kan-ichiro Mochizuki, Mutsuo Kobayashi

Pages 417-427

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.30
- 3,211 abstract views
- 1,478 PDF
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Spatial distribution and risk factors of influenza in Jiangsu province, China, based on geographical information system

Jia-Cheng Zhang, Wen-Dong Liu, Qi Liang, Jian-Li Hu, Jessie Norris, Ying Wu, Chang-Jun Bao, Fen-Yang Tang, Peng Huang, Yang Zhao, Rong-Bin Yu, Ming-Hao Zhou, Hong-Bing Shen, Feng Chen, Zhi-Hang Peng

Pages 429-435

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.31
- 3,500 abstract views
- 1,548 PDF
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The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a spatio-temporal analysis of cases reported in the period 2001-2010

André T. J. Alves, Flávio F. Nobre

Pages 437-443

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.32
- 2,053 abstract views
- 1,121 PDF
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Landscape attributes driving avian influenza virus circulation in the Lake Alaotra region of Madagascar

Laure Guerrini, Mathilde C. Paul, Lucas Leger, Harentsoaniaina R. Andriamanivo, Olivier F. Maminiaina, Marion Jourdan, Sophie Molia, René Rakotondravao, Véronique Chevalier

Pages 445-453

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.33
- 3,025 abstract views
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Retrospective space-time cluster analysis of whooping cough re-emergence in Barcelona, Spain, 2000-2011

Rubén Solano, Diana Gòmez-Barroso, Fernando Simòn, Sarah Lafuente, Pere Simòn, Cristina Rius, Pilar Gorrindo, Diana Toledo, Joan A. Caylá

Pages 455-461

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.34
- 2,671 abstract views
- 1,272 PDF
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Spatial characterization of Leptospira spp. infection in equids from the Brejo Paraibano micro-region in Brazil

Ruy Brayner Oliveira Filho, Karla Campos Malta, Vania Lucia Assis Santana, Mabel Hanna Vance Harrop, Danilo Tancler Stipp, Daniel Friguglietti Brandespim, Rinaldo Aparecido Mota, José Júnior Wilton Pinheiro

Pages 463-469

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.35
- 2,427 abstract views
- 1,330 PDF
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Relative contributions of neighbourhood and animal movements to Coxiella burnetii infection in dairy cattle herds

Simon Nusinovici, Thierry Hoch, Stefan Widgren, Alain Joly, Ann Lindberg, François Beaudeau

Pages 471-477

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.36
- 5,046 abstract views
- 1,342 PDF
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Spatial epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats in Serbia

Vitomir Djokić, Ivana Klun, Vincenzo Musella, Laura Rinaldi, Giuseppe Cringoli, Smaragda Sotiraki, Olgica Djurković-Djaković

Pages 479-488

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.37
- 2,698 abstract views
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Evaluation of the spatial patterns and risk factors, including backyard pigs, for classical swine fever occurrence in Bulgaria using a Bayesian model

Beatriz Martínez-Lòpez, Tsviatko Alexandrov, Lina Mur, Fernando Sánchez-Vizcaíno, José M. Sánchez-Vizcaíno

Pages 489-501

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.38
- 2,592 abstract views
- 1,436 PDF
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Temporal and spatial mapping of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak, Malaysia

Noraishah M. Sham, Isthrinayagy Krishnarajah, Noor Akma Ibrahim, Munn-Sann Lye

Pages 503-507

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.39
- 3,541 abstract views
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Retrospective and spatial analysis tools for integrated surveillance of cystic echinococcosis and bovine cysticercosis in hypo-endemic areas

Rudi Cassini, Paolo Mulatti, Claudia Zanardello, Giulia Simonato, Manuela Signorini, Stefania Cazzin, Pier Giorgio Tambalo, Mario Cobianchi, Mario Pietrobelli, Gioia Capelli

Pages 509-515

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.40
- 3,053 abstract views
- 1,357 PDF
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Cluster detection of diseases in heterogeneous populations: an alternative to scan methods

Rebeca Ramis, Diana Gomez-Barroso, Gonzalo Lòpez-Abente

Pages 517-526

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.41
- 2,203 abstract views
- 1,364 PDF
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Methodological approach to determine of small spatial units in a highly complex terrain in atmospheric pollution research: the case of Zasavje region in Slovenia

Andreja Kukec, Marija Z. Boznar, Primoz Mlakar, Bostjan Grasic, Andrej Herakovic, Vesna Zadnik, Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj, Jerneja Farkas, Ivan Erzen

Pages 527-535

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.42
- 1,689 abstract views
- 1,003 PDF
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Hospital distribution in a metropolitan city: assessment by a geographical information system grid modelling approach

Kwang-Soo Lee, Kyeong-Jun Moon

Pages 537-544

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.43
- 2,222 abstract views
- 1,390 PDF
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Spatial access to in-patient health care in northern rural India

Vikram Ranga, Pradeep Panda

Pages 545-556

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.44
- 2,877 abstract views
- 1,767 PDF
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When homogeneity meets heterogeneity: the geographically weighted regression with spatial lag approach to prenatal care utilisation

Carla Shoff, Vivian Yi-Ju Chen, Tse-Chuan Yang

Pages 557-568

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.45
- 2,956 abstract views
- 1,359 PDF
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The physical environment and health-enhancing activity during the school commute: global positioning system, geographical information systems and accelerometry

David McMinn, Nicolas M. Oreskovic, Matt J. Aitkenhead, Derek W. Johnston, Shemane Murtagh, David A. Rowe

Pages 569-572

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.46
- 2,196 abstract views
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Optimizing denominator data estimation through a multimodel approach

Ward Bryssinckx, Els Ducheyne, Veerle Versteirt, Herwig Leirs, Guy Hendrickx

Pages 573-582

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.47
- 1,408 abstract views
- 1,277 PDF
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A conceptual holding model for veterinary applications

Nicola Ferrè, Werner Kuhn, Massimo Rumor, Stefano Marangon

Pages 583-596

DOI https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.48
- 2,467 abstract views
- 1,070 PDF
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