2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (25–29 August 2013)

Session No. 26
Tuesday, 27 August 2013: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Monroe (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

ISPRS: Infectious and Vector-borne Diseases I

 

Richard Kiang, Chair
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Start Time
 
9:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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9:20 AM
UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL SEASONAL SYNCHRONIZATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES USING REMOTE SENSING
NAUMOVA, Elena N., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University School of Engineering, 200 College Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, elena.naumova@tufts.edu, elena.naumova@tufts.edu
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9:40 AM
IMPROVED RIFT VALLEY FEVER VECTORS AGGRESSIVENESS PREDICTION FROM HETEROGENEOUS RAIN FIELDS USING HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA
GUILLOTEAU, Clement1, GOSSET, Marielle1, VIGNOLLES, Cecile2, ALCOBA, Mathias1, TOURRE, Yves3 and LACAUX, Jean-Pierre4, (1)Cnrs, Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, (2)Cnes, 18, avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31401, France, (3)Columbia University, LDEO, 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (4)Cnrs, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, guilloteau@get.obs-mip.fr, guilloteau@get.obs-mip.fr
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
CLIMATE AND LAND USE DRIVERS OF THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF MALARIA RISK IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON, 2001-2011
ZAITCHIK, Benjamin F.1, FEINGOLD, Beth J.2, SANDOVAL, Alex3, ANTONIO, Carlos Alvarez3, VASQUEZ, Rosa Patricia Zegarra3 and PAN, William Kuang-Yao2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, (3)Diresa-Loreto, Ministerio de Salud, Loreto, Peru, zaitchik@jhu.edu, zaitchik@jhu.edu
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10:40 AM
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MALARIA IN TERAI DISTRICTS OF NEPAL
GHIMIRE, Kabita and GOODIN, Douglas G., Department of Geography, Kansas State University, 118 Seaton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, kabita@ksu.edu, kabita@ksu.edu
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