Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional risk mapping techniques

dc.contributor.authorAttaway, David F.
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Kathryn H.
dc.contributor.authorFalconer, Allan
dc.contributor.authorManca, Germana
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Lauren Rosenshein
dc.contributor.authorWaters, Nigel M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-23T15:33:29Z
dc.date.available2015-09-23T15:33:29Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-01
dc.description.abstractOutbreaks, epidemics and endemic conditions make dengue a disease that has emerged as a major threat in tropical and sub-tropical countries over the past 30 years. Dengue fever creates a growing burden for public health systems and has the potential to affect over 40% of the world population. The problem being investigated is to identify the highest and lowest areas of dengue risk. This paper presents “Similarity Search”, a geospatial analysis aimed at identifying these locations with- in Kenya. Similarity Search develops a risk map by combining environmental susceptibility analysis and geographical infor- mation systems, and then compares areas with dengue prevalence to all other locations. Kenya has had outbreaks of dengue during the past 3 years, and we identified areas with the highest susceptibility to dengue infection using bioclimatic variables, elevation and mosquito habitat as input to the model. Comparison of the modelled risk map with the reported dengue epi- demic cases obtained from the open source reporting ProMED and Government news reports from 1982-2013 confirmed the high-risk locations that were used as the Similarity Search presence cells. Developing the risk model based upon the bio- climatic variables, elevation and mosquito habitat increased the efficiency and effectiveness of the dengue fever risk mapping process.
dc.description.sponsorshipPublication of this article was funded in part by the George Mason University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund.
dc.identifier.citationAttaway, D., Jacobsen, K., Falconer, A., Manca, G., Bennett, L., & Waters, N. (2014). Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional risk mapping techniques. Geospatial Health, 9(1), 119-130. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.10
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4081/gh.2014.10
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9901
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInternational Society of Geospatial Health
dc.subjectDengue
dc.subjectGeographical information system
dc.subjectRisk mapping
dc.subjectMedical geography
dc.subjectKenya
dc.titleMosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional risk mapping techniques
dc.typeArticle

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