Review of geospatial technology for infectious disease surveillance: use case on COVID-19

S Saran, P Singh, V Kumar, P Chauhan - Journal of the Indian Society of …, 2020 - Springer
This paper discusses on the increasing relevancy of geospatial technologies such as
geographic information system (GIS) in the public health domain, particularly for the …

Combining epidemiology with basic biology of sand flies, parasites, and hosts to inform leishmaniasis transmission dynamics and control

O Courtenay, NC Peters, ME Rogers, C Bern - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Quantitation of the nonlinear heterogeneities in Leishmania parasites, sand fly vectors, and
mammalian host relationships provides insights to better understand leishmanial …

A multimethod approach for county-scale geospatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases: a cross-sectional case study of COVID-19 incidence in Germany

C Scarpone, ST Brinkmann, T Große… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background As of 13 July 2020, 12.9 million COVID-19 cases have been reported
worldwide. Prior studies have demonstrated that local socioeconomic and built environment …

Spatial heterogeneity in the urban household living conditions: A-GIS-based spatial analysis

S Roy, S Majumder, A Bose, IR Chowdhury - Annals of GIS, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The unplanned urban expansion and extreme population pressure have caused several
bottlenecks for city dwellers, which have been reflected in the form of inter-urban spatial …

Modeling climate change impacts on vector-borne disease using machine learning models: Case study of Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) from Indian state of Bihar

S Kumar, A Srivastava, R Maity - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis or Kala-azar (KA) is a Vector-Borne Disease (VBD) that remains the
second-largest parasitic killer across the globe (mortality rate: 75–95%). More than 60% of …

Geospatial dynamics of COVID‐19 clusters and hotspots in Bangladesh

A Islam, MA Sayeed, MK Rahman… - Transboundary and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is an emerging and rapidly evolving
profound pandemic, which causes severe acute respiratory syndrome and results in …

Mortality and case fatality due to visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: a nationwide analysis of epidemiology, trends and spatial patterns

FR Martins-Melo, MS Lima, AN Ramos Jr, CH Alencar… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a significant public health problem in Brazil and
several regions of the world. This study investigated the magnitude, temporal trends and …

Wearable biosensor and hotspot analysis–based framework to detect stress hotspots for advancing elderly's mobility

G Lee, B Choi, CR Ahn, SH Lee - Journal of management in …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
As the elderly population continues to grow rapidly, the mobility of elderly individuals has
become a primary concern for not only their individual well-being, but also our social …

Spatial prediction and mapping of the COVID-19 hotspot in India using geostatistical technique

F Parvin, SA Ali, SNI Hashmi, A Ahmad - Spatial Information Research, 2021 - Springer
The world has now facing a health crisis due to outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-
19). The numbers of infection and death have been rapidly increasing which result in a …

Evaluating drug resistance in visceral leishmaniasis: the challenges

S Hendrickx, PJ Guerin, G Caljon, SL Croft, L Maes - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
For decades antimonials were the drugs of choice for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis
(VL), but the recent emergence of resistance has made them redundant as first-line therapy …