An overview of spatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

ROBERTSON, C.

Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Waterloo, Canada

NELSON, T.A.

Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Description :
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are of increasing global concern, and quantitative geography can play an important role in integrating spatial data describing drivers of disease emergence and building models of EID risk. This article lays out the key issues of EIDs and describes problems and opportunities for integrative quantitative geography to inform on patterns of EIDs. Issues of data quality are highlighted, as are methods of spatial analysis and forms of research communication and visualization as they relate to the study of EIDs. Our review demonstrates that geography is critically needed in EID research, and many of the issues central to understanding and predicting EIDs are inherently of a geographical nature.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
The Professional geographer, issn : 0033-0124, 2014, vol. 66, n°. 4, p. 579-588, nombre de pages : 10, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Cambridge, MA, Blackwell

Langue :
Anglais