Gazzinelli Andrea, Kloss Helmut
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Geospat Health. 2007 Nov;2(1):51-8. doi: 10.4081/gh.2007.254.
The rapidly increasing number of spatial studies and the complexity of schistosomiasis transmission dynamics in Brazil indicate that surveillance and control programmes can benefit from the spatial approach, not only in areas susceptible to the introduction and establishment of new transmission foci but also in areas experiencing declines in schistosomiasis transmission. Several additional areas amenable to, or requiring, spatial research are identified. This paper reviews spatial studies of schistosomiasis in Brazil with a focus on the application of spatial tools in epidemiological, disease ecological, control and several additional areas in schistosomiasis research.
巴西空间研究数量的迅速增加以及血吸虫病传播动态的复杂性表明,监测和控制项目可从空间方法中受益,不仅在易出现新传播病灶并使其得以确立的地区,而且在血吸虫病传播呈下降趋势的地区。还确定了几个适合或需要进行空间研究的其他领域。本文回顾了巴西血吸虫病的空间研究,重点关注空间工具在血吸虫病研究的流行病学、疾病生态学、控制及其他几个领域中的应用。