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  • Epidemiology
  • Remote sensing

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  • Mosquito-borne diseases like Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue pose significant public health challenges.
  • Controlling mosquito vector populations requires understanding their environmental drivers.
  • Existing meteorological data for modeling is often insufficiently detailed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an explainable model for predicting the population dynamics of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
  • To utilize Earth observation (EO) data for estimating key environmental variables.
  • To compare the performance of a Generalized Linear Model (GLM) with machine learning (ML) techniques.

Main Methods:

  • Collected weekly mosquito population data from traps in Vila Velha, Brazil (2017-2018).
  • Estimated environmental variables (NDVI, NDWI, Precipitation, LST) using EO data.
  • Developed a weighted Generalized Linear Model (GLM) and used Akaike Information Criterion for feature selection.

Main Results:

  • The weighted GLM demonstrated comparable performance to ML methods (Random Forest, SVM).
  • The GLM provided interpretable insights into environmental factors influencing mosquito populations.
  • EO-derived data effectively estimated environmental proxies for mosquito population modeling.

Conclusions:

  • A weighted GLM offers a qualitative and explainable approach to epidemiological risk modeling in urban settings.
  • This method enhances public health interventions by providing understandable risk assessments.
  • Earth observation data is a valuable resource for vector-borne disease surveillance and control.