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. 2013 Jun 8:12:192.
doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-192.

Land cover, land use and malaria in the Amazon: a systematic literature review of studies using remotely sensed data

Aurélia Stefani  1 , Isabelle Dusfour, Ana Paula S A Corrêa, Manoel C B Cruz, Nadine Dessay, Allan K R Galardo, Clícia D Galardo, Romain Girod, Margarete S M Gomes, Helen Gurgel, Ana Cristina F Lima, Eduardo S Moreno, Lise Musset, Mathieu Nacher, Alana C S Soares, Bernard Carme, Emmanuel Roux
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Land cover, land use and malaria in the Amazon: a systematic literature review of studies using remotely sensed data

Aurélia Stefani et al. Malar J. .

Abstract

The nine countries sharing the Amazon forest accounted for 89% of all malaria cases reported in the Americas in 2008. Remote sensing can help identify the environmental determinants of malaria transmission and their temporo-spatial evolution. Seventeen studies characterizing land cover or land use features, and relating them to malaria in the Amazon subregion, were identified. These were reviewed in order to improve the understanding of the land cover/use class roles in malaria transmission. The indicators affecting the transmission risk were summarized in terms of temporal components, landscape fragmentation and anthropic pressure. This review helps to define a framework for future studies aiming to characterize and monitor malaria.

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Figure 1
Localization of the study areas. Points, dotted and dashed circles and lines schematically represent, respectively, local (study areas lower than 6,000 sq km), regional (from 22,500 [27] to 225,116 sq km [14]) and large scale studies. Point size and line width are proportional to the number of studies. Circle sizes do not strictly correspond to the study area surface. Base map source: NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/AmazonEVI/).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Number of studies that assume or conclude a positive (dark gray), negative (light gray) or unknown (white) relationship between malaria and each land cover/use type found in the papers and presented in Additional file2.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Landscape indicators that may increase or decrease malaria transmission risk as a function of time and landscape fragmentation.
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