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Titre :	Mapping disease incidence in suburban areas using remotely sensed data. (2002)
Auteurs :	Annelise TRAN ; Jacques Gardon ; Laurent POLIDORI ; Sacha WEBER ; Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie. Institut Pasteur de la Guyane. Cayenne. GUF ; Laboratoire Régional de Télédétection. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Guyane. Cayenne. GUF
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of epidemiology (vol. 156, n° 7, 2002)
Pagination :	662-668
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Fièvre Q ; Rickettsiose ; Bactériose ; Infection ; Epidémie ; Densité population ; Incidence ; Epidémiologie ; Guinée ; Afrique ; Homme
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS qR0xWXR4. Diffusion soumise ... autorisation]. A method using remotely sensed data was developed to map the incidence of Q fever in the vicinity of Cayenne, French Guiana. A satellite image was processed to map land cover and generate a population density index, which was used to determine areas of high disease incidence during the 1996-2000 period. A comparison with results obtained using population census data showed strong concordance between the two incidence maps. All high-incidence areas identified using population census data were also detected using remotely sensed data. This demonstrates the potential of remote sensing as a new tool for rapid mapping of disease incidence in epidemiologic surveys.

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