Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil | Zendy

Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães | Zendy; Corina da Costa Freitas | Zendy; Luciano Vieira Dutra | Zendy; Carlos Alberto Felgueiras | Zendy; Sandra Drummond | Zendy; Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá | Zendy; Guilherme Oliveira | Zendy; Omar S Carvalho | Zendy

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Use of Indicator Kriging to Investigate Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Author(s) -

Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães,

Corina da Costa Freitas,

Luciano Vieira Dutra,

Carlos Alberto Felgueiras,

Sandra Drummond,

Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá,

Guilherme Oliveira,

Omar S Carvalho

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of tropical medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1687-9694

pISSN - 1687-9686

DOI - 10.1155/2012/837428

Subject(s) - schistosomiasis , geographic information system , kriging , geography , biomphalaria , geostatistics , cartography , georeference , transmission (telecommunications) , spatial analysis , schistosoma mansoni , ecology , biology , physical geography , spatial variability , remote sensing , helminths , statistics , mathematics , computer science , immunology , telecommunications

Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are composed of useful tools to map and to model the spatial distribution of events that have geographic importance as schistosomiasis. This paper is a review of the use the indicator kriging, implemented on the Georeferenced Information Processing System (SPRING) to make inferences about the prevalence of schistosomiasis and the presence of the species of Biomphalaria , intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni , in areas without this information, in the Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The results were two maps. The first one was a map of Biomphalaria species, and the second was a new map of estimated prevalence of schistosomiasis. The obtained results showed that the indicator kriging can be used to better allocate resources for study and control of schistosomiasis in areas with transmission or the possibility of disease transmission.

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