Moran’s I and Geary’s C: investigation of the effects of spatial weight matrices for assessing the distribution of infectious diseases

Sarah Isnan; Ahmad Fikri bin Abdullah; Abdul Rashid Shariff; Iskandar Ishak; Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail; Maheshwara Rao Appanan; Jihong Zhang; Guohua Yin; Qiuhua Zhang; Juan Fang; Duo Jiang; Chao Yang; Na Sun; Alireza Mohammadi; Bardia Mashhoodi; Ali Shamsoddini; Elahe Pishgar; Robert Bergquist; Wentao Yang; Fengjie Wang; Yihan You; Zhixiong Fang; Xing Wang; Xiaoming Mei; Sang Min Lee; Dong Woo Huh; Young Gyu Kwon; Peter Nezval; Takeshi Shirabe; Jonas Schoo; Frank Schüssler; Mai Liu; Yin Zhang; Enríque Ibarra-Zapata; Darío Gaytán-Hernández; Yolanda Terán-Figueroa; Verónica Gallegos-García; Carmen del Pilar Suárez-Rodríguez; Sergio Zarazúa Guzmán; Omar Parra Rodríguez; Worrayot Darasawang; Wongsa Laohasiriwong; Kittipong Sornlorm; Warangkana Sungsitthisawad; Roshan Kumar Mahato; Mintesnot Tenkir Teni; Travis Loux; Ness Sandoval; Anne Sebert Kuhlmann; Iuria Betco; Ana Isabel Ribeiro; David S. Vale; Luis Encalada-Abarca; Cláudia M. Viana; Jorge Rocha; Adel Al-Huraibi; Sherif Amer; Justine Blanford; Néstor DelaPaz-Ruíz; Ellen-Wien Augustijn; Mahdi Farnaghi; Sheheen A. Abdulkareem; Raul Zurita Milla

doi:10.4081/gh.2025.1277

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014)

Published: 2 May 2014

Original 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

317-334

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.22

26122

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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

335-343

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.23

3924

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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

345-351

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.24

1979

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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

353-364

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.25

1478

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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

365-376

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.26

4120

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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

377-387

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.27

5166

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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

389-403

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.28

2604

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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

405-415

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.29

8848

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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

417-427

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.30

2456

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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

429-435

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.31

2994

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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

437-443

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.32

1643

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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

445-453

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.33

2397

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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

455-461

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.34

2251

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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

463-469

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.35

1819

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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

471-477

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.36

4506

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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

479-488

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.37

1822

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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

489-501

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.38

1990

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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

503-507

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.39

2868

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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

509-515

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.40

2420

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Cluster detection of diseases in heterogeneous populations: an alternative to scan methods

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

517-526

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.41

1642

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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

527-535

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.42

1278

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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

537-544

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.43

1748

PDF: 1015
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Spatial access to in-patient health care in northern rural India

Vikram Ranga, Pradeep Panda

545-556

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.44

2155

PDF: 1252
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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

557-568

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.45

2045

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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

569-572

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.46

1734

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Optimizing denominator data estimation through a multimodel approach

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

573-582

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.47

1054

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A conceptual holding model for veterinary applications

Nicola Ferrè, Werner Kuhn, Massimo Rumor, Stefano Marangon

583-596

https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.48

2093

PDF: 791
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Current Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014)

Original 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

Modelling spatial distribution of snails transmitting parasitic worms with importance to human and animal health and analysis of distributional changes in relation to climate

Study of the snail intermediate hosts for Schistosoma mansoni on ItamaracÃ¡ Island in northeast Brazil: spatial displacement of Biomphalaria glabrata by Biomphalaria straminea

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

Mapping and modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Peninsular Malaysia: implications for control approaches

Risk map for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia based on environmental factors as revealed by geographical information systems and statistics

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

Climate change and the potential global distribution of Aedes aegypti: spatial modelling using geographical information system and CLIMEX

Geospatial analysis of invasion of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus: competition with Aedes japonicus japonicus in its northern limit area in Japan

Spatial distribution and risk factors of influenza in Jiangsu province, China, based on geographical information system

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a spatio-temporal analysis of cases reported in the period 2001-2010

Landscape attributes driving avian influenza virus circulation in the Lake Alaotra region of Madagascar

Retrospective space-time cluster analysis of whooping cough re-emergence in Barcelona, Spain, 2000-2011

Spatial characterization of Leptospira spp. infection in equids from the Brejo Paraibano micro-region in Brazil

Relative contributions of neighbourhood and animal movements to Coxiella burnetii infection in dairy cattle herds

Spatial epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats in Serbia

Evaluation of the spatial patterns and risk factors, including backyard pigs, for classical swine fever occurrence in Bulgaria using a Bayesian model

Temporal and spatial mapping of hand, foot and mouth disease in Sarawak, Malaysia

Retrospective and spatial analysis tools for integrated surveillance of cystic echinococcosis and bovine cysticercosis in hypo-endemic areas

Cluster detection of diseases in heterogeneous populations: an alternative to scan methods

Methodological approach to determine of small spatial units in a highly complex terrain in atmospheric pollution research: the case of Zasavje region in Slovenia

Hospital distribution in a metropolitan city: assessment by a geographical information system grid modelling approach

Spatial access to in-patient health care in northern rural India

When homogeneity meets heterogeneity: the geographically weighted regression with spatial lag approach to prenatal care utilisation

The physical environment and health-enhancing activity during the school commute: global positioning system, geographical information systems and accelerometry

Optimizing denominator data estimation through a multimodel approach

A conceptual holding model for veterinary applications

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