Connor S J, Thomson M C, Molyneux D H
MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.
Parassitologia. 1999 Sep;41(1-3):439-48.
There is a clear need for improved epidemic malaria surveillance mechanisms in areas prone to the disease. Epidemiological surveillance systems are rarely able to provide information in a sufficiently timely manner for adequate epidemic response. This is especially true in African countries where surveillance is poorly developed, and particularly so in remote regions of unstable malaria such as desert fringes. There is long standing evidence linking climatic variability and epidemic risk. The last ten years have seen significant developments in Environmental Information System (EIS) for a range of natural resource management purposes. The routine information products from these systems have been shown to be both spatially and temporally related to malaria transmission indicators across the African continent. EIS may therefore provide a useful and cost effective input to epidemic malaria control planning and response.
在疟疾易流行地区，显然需要改进疟疾流行监测机制。流行病学监测系统很少能够及时提供足够的信息，以便做出充分的疫情应对。在监测工作发展不完善的非洲国家尤其如此，在沙漠边缘等疟疾不稳定的偏远地区更是如此。长期以来，有证据表明气候多变与流行风险之间存在联系。在过去十年中，环境信息系统（EIS）在一系列自然资源管理目的方面取得了重大进展。这些系统的常规信息产品已被证明在空间和时间上都与非洲大陆的疟疾传播指标相关。因此，环境信息系统可能为疟疾流行控制规划和应对提供有用且具有成本效益的投入。
