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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2013, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 21-32

The use of satellite remote sensing for monitoring and forecasting of vector-borne infections

A.E. Platonov , K.A. Gridneva , V.A. Dolgin , N.M. Kolyasnikova , O.V. Platonova , A.V. Titkov 
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia
The relation of epidemiology of six main vector-borne infection in Russia (tick-borne borreliosis, tick-borne viral encephalitis, Siberian tick typhus, Astrakhan rickettsial fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, West Nile fever) with climatic and ecological factors are considered. We discuss both observational and model data to identify most significant factors predisposing the spread of infection and human morbidity. The satellite remote sensing is already employed to estimate the values of such factors. we expect that in the nearest future the use of remote Earth sensing from space for epidemiological and medical purposes, particularly for forecasting of outbreaks and epidemics of vector-borne diseases, should be intensified.
Keywords: дистанционный мониторинг, эпидемиология, экология, климат, природно-очаговые инфекции, контроль, прогнозирование, remote sensing, epidemiology, ecology, climate, vector-borne infections, monitoring, forecasting
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