GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION-SYSTEM IN MALARIA SURVEILLANCE - MOSQUITO BREEDING AND IMPORTED CASES IN ISRAEL, 1992
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION-SYSTEM IN MALARIA SURVEILLANCE - MOSQUITO BREEDING AND IMPORTED CASES IN ISRAEL, 1992
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.550
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发表时间：
1994-05-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
SHALOM, U
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作者：
KITRON, U;PENER, H;SHALOM, U
虽然目前在以色列不太可能出现疟疾卷土重来的情况，但确实存在由于输入病例感染当地按蚊而局部暴发疟疾病例的风险。1992年，利用地理信息系统（GIS）建立了全国按蚊孳生地和输入性疟疾病例计算机监测系统。计算了种群中心和繁殖地点之间的距离，并生成了流行病学和昆虫学数据相关的地图。考虑到每种按蚊的媒介能力和飞行范围，评估了疟疾传播的风险。基于地理信息系统的监测系统确保，如果确实发生局部疫情，将迅速将其与可能的繁殖地点、特定的按蚊媒介和可能的人类来源联系起来，以便能够最有效地采取及时的控制措施。这种具有成本效益的、基于地理信息系统的监测系统可以扩大并适用于存在本土疟疾传播的国家。
Although a significant resurgence of malaria in Israel is unlikely at present, the risk for a localized outbreak of malaria cases due to infection of local anopheline mosquitoes by imported cases does exist. A national computerized surveillance system of breeding sites of Anopheles mosquitoes and imported malaria cases was established in 1992 using a geographic information system (GIS). Distances between population centers and breeding sites were calculated, and maps associating epidemiologic and entomologic data were generated. Risk of malaria transmission was assessed with consideration of vectorial capacity and flight range of each Anopheles species. The GIS-based surveillance system ensures that if a localized outbreak does occur, it will be associated rapidly with a likely breeding site, a specific Anopheles vector, and a probable human source, so that prompt control measures can be most efficiently targeted. This cost-effective, GIS-based surveillance system can be expanded and adapted for countries with indigenous malaria transmission.