Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Applications of GIS: Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Applications of GIS: Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is essential for risk identification, action prioritization, and resource optimization in critical situations like flooding and earthquakes. By integrating spatial and demographic data, GIS provides a comprehensive framework for emergency response.GIS integrates data layers, like rainfall intensity, topography, elevation profiles, and river levels, to model high-risk flood zones. These layers assess areas susceptible to flooding based on their...

Principles of Disease Surveillance

Principles of Disease Surveillance

Disease surveillance is the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data essential to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health practice. This process integrates data dissemination to entities responsible for preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Surveillance systems provide crucial information for action, helping public health authorities make informed decisions to manage and prevent outbreaks, ensure public safety, optimize...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Caluquembe, southwestern Angola, 2024-2025.

PloS one·2025

Same author

An updated definition of global health.

Global health research and policy·2025

Same author

Hepatitis B (HBsAg) prevalence among obstetric patients in Caluquembe, Angola, 2023-2024.

PloS one·2025

Same author

Planetary health learning objectives: foundational knowledge for global health education in an era of climate change.

The Lancet. Planetary health·2024

Same author

Anxiety and school absenteeism without permission among adolescents in 69 low- and middle-income countries.

Dialogues in health·2024

Same author

Planetary health education in the United States: four curricular models, one goal.

International journal of environmental health research·2024

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Apr 21, 2026

Author Spotlight: Development of a Smartphone-Enhanced Paper-Based Device for Rapid Dengue NS1 Detection

Author Spotlight: Development of a Smartphone-Enhanced Paper-Based Device for Rapid Dengue NS1 Detection

Published on: January 26, 2024

Assessing the methods needed for improved dengue mapping: a SWOT analysis.

David Frost Attaway¹, Kathryn H Jacobsen², Allan Falconer¹

¹Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University, USA.

The Pan African Medical Journal

|October 21, 2014

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Creating accurate dengue fever distribution and risk maps is crucial for public health. Current mapping efforts face challenges including data limitations, socioeconomic proxies, climate change impacts on mosquito ranges, and scale issues.

Keywords:

climate change dengue developing countries geographic information systems medical geography

More Related Videos

Multiplexed Isothermal Amplification Based Diagnostic Platform to Detect Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue 1

Multiplexed Isothermal Amplification Based Diagnostic Platform to Detect Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue 1

Published on: March 13, 2018

Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field

Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field

Published on: March 16, 2019

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Apr 21, 2026

Author Spotlight: Development of a Smartphone-Enhanced Paper-Based Device for Rapid Dengue NS1 Detection

Author Spotlight: Development of a Smartphone-Enhanced Paper-Based Device for Rapid Dengue NS1 Detection

Published on: January 26, 2024

Multiplexed Isothermal Amplification Based Diagnostic Platform to Detect Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue 1

Multiplexed Isothermal Amplification Based Diagnostic Platform to Detect Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue 1

Published on: March 13, 2018

Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field

Visualizing Efficacy of Pesticides Against Disease Vector Mosquitoes in the Field

Published on: March 16, 2019

Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Vector-borne disease surveillance

Background:

Dengue fever, a significant mosquito-borne viral illness, poses a growing global health risk.
Public health officials require accurate dengue distribution and risk prediction maps.

Purpose of the Study:

To review existing dengue mapping models and identify barriers to creating high-quality risk maps.
To inform the development of improved dengue surveillance and prediction tools.

Main Methods:

Systematic literature search of dengue-related articles from 2002 to 2013.
Utilized databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, BioMed Central, and WHOLIS.
Evaluation of current dengue modeling approaches.

Main Results:

Identified four primary barriers to high-quality dengue map creation: data limitations, use of socioeconomic proxies, climate change affecting mosquito vectors, and scale variability.
Underdeveloped health information systems hinder accurate dengue case reporting.

Conclusions:

Overcoming mapping barriers necessitates interdisciplinary collaboration among geographers, epidemiologists, and entomologists.
Enhanced mapping techniques and data sharing are essential for improved dengue visualization and risk assessment.