Proceedings of the KSRS Conference (대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2003.11a
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- Pages.93-95
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- 2003
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- 1226-9743(pISSN)
Identify the Risk Factors in Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) using GIS
- Nakhapakornc, Kanchana (STAR program, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
- Tripathi, Nitin (STAR program, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
- Nualchawee, Kaew (STAR program, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
- Kusanagi, Michiro (STAR program, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
- Pakpien, Preeda (UEEM program, Asian Institute of Technology)
- Published : 2003.11.03
Abstract
Vector-borne diseases have been the most important worldwide health problem for many years and still represent a constant and serious risk to a large part of the world’s population. GIS and RS is used to evaluate and model the relationships between environmental factors/indicators and the incidences of viral diseases. The aim of the study is to identify the risk factors in Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever DHF) from the highest prevalence area and lowest prevalence area in Sukhothai province, Thailand using statistical, spatial and GIS Modeling. Results obtained in the study of the Dengue show that it is now possible to identify and localize precisely environmental indicators and factors of viral diseases.