TY - JOUR
KW - NTDs
KW - Zika virus (ZIKV)
KW - Geographical information systems (GIS)
KW - Public health
KW - Travelers
KW - Colombia
KW - Latin America
AU - Rodríguez-Morales AJ
AU - Ruiz P
AU - Tabares J
AU - Ossa CA
AU - Yepes-Echeverry MC
AU - Ramirez-Jaramillo V
AU - Galindo-Marquez ML
AU - García-Loaiza CJ
AU - Sabogal-Roman JA
AU - Parra-Valencia E
AU - Lagos-Grisales GJ
AU - Lozada-Riascos C
AU - Pijper CA
AU - Grobusch M
AB -
Objective Geographical information systems (GIS) have been demonstrated earlier to be of great use to inform public health action against vector-borne infectious diseases.
Methods Using surveillance data on the ongoing ZIKV outbreak from Pereira, Colombia (2015–2016), we estimated incidence rates (cases/100,000 population), and developed maps correlating with the ecoepidemiology of the area.
Results Up to October 8, 2016, 439 cases of ZIKV were reported in Pereira (93 cases/100,000 pop.), with highest rates in the South-West area. At the corregiments (sub-municipalities) of Pereira, Caimalito presented the highest rate. An urban area, Cuba, has 169 cases/100,000 pop., with a low economical level and the highest Aedic index (9.1%). Entomological indexes were associated with ZIKV incidence at simple and multiple non-linear regressions (r2 > 0.25; p < 0.05).
Conclusions Combining entomological, environmental, human population density, travel patterns and case data of vector-borne infections, such as ZIKV, leads to a valuable tool that can be used to pinpoint hotspots also for infections such as dengue, chikungunya and malaria. Such a tool is key to planning mosquito control and the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in local populations. Such data also enable microepidemiology and the prediction of risk for travelers who visit specific areas in a destination country.
BT - Travel medicine and infectious disease
DO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.05.004
J2 - Travel Med Infect Dis
LA - eng
N2 - Objective Geographical information systems (GIS) have been demonstrated earlier to be of great use to inform public health action against vector-borne infectious diseases.
Methods Using surveillance data on the ongoing ZIKV outbreak from Pereira, Colombia (2015–2016), we estimated incidence rates (cases/100,000 population), and developed maps correlating with the ecoepidemiology of the area.
Results Up to October 8, 2016, 439 cases of ZIKV were reported in Pereira (93 cases/100,000 pop.), with highest rates in the South-West area. At the corregiments (sub-municipalities) of Pereira, Caimalito presented the highest rate. An urban area, Cuba, has 169 cases/100,000 pop., with a low economical level and the highest Aedic index (9.1%). Entomological indexes were associated with ZIKV incidence at simple and multiple non-linear regressions (r2 > 0.25; p < 0.05).
Conclusions Combining entomological, environmental, human population density, travel patterns and case data of vector-borne infections, such as ZIKV, leads to a valuable tool that can be used to pinpoint hotspots also for infections such as dengue, chikungunya and malaria. Such a tool is key to planning mosquito control and the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in local populations. Such data also enable microepidemiology and the prediction of risk for travelers who visit specific areas in a destination country.
PY - 2017
T2 - Travel medicine and infectious disease
TI - Mapping the ecoepidemiology of Zika virus infection in urban and rural areas of Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, 2015–2016: Implications for public health and travel medicine.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893917300753
SN - 14778939
ER -