Climate and infectious disease in the southwestern United States
This paper presents a review of 4 infectious diseases found in the southwestern USA that are impacted by climate conditions. Hantavirus and plague are spread by rodents, dengue is transmitted through the bite of the Aedes mosquito
and coccidioidomycosis is caused by a soil dwelling fungus. For each disease, an introductory section briefly outlines the importance of the illness within the Southwest, and a review of climate impacts on the disease follows. Finally, future research needs, to more
Soil, geography and human disease : a critical review of the importance of medical cartography
Bibliography ; Biogeography ; Disease ; Geochemistry ; Health ; Medical geography ; Soil ; Soil properties ; Soil water ; Thematic mapping ; World
Since the 19th century, medical cartography has served as an epidemiological tool for investigating the links between soils and human well being. Using examples, particularly the problems of soil-transmitted helminth infections, and iodine
and selenium deficiency diseases, this paper shows how maps have been used to identify problem areas, stimulate the development of aetiological hypotheses, help in the planning and management of public health problems and assess the impact of any beneficial
A China watcher looks at some of the socioeconomic changes in the post-Mao era : growth of inequality, increase in violence, thievery, prostitution, and sexually transmitteddiseases. - (DWG)
Community ; Cultural studies ; Disease ; Finland ; Leisure
. Originally built by small communities, they helped local people pair off, but they also helped to create a highly inbred population, which suffers from a high incidence of genetically transmitteddiseases, some of which occur especially in Ostrobothnia
Population biology of infections diseases: Part II
In the second part of this article, the discussion is extended to both microparasites (viruses, bacteria and protozoa) and macroparasites (helmiuths and arthropods), transmitted either directly or indirectly via one or more intermediate hosts
AIDS ; Anthropology ; Asia ; Community participation ; Disease ; Epidemiology ; Infection ; Mass campaign ; Mental representation ; Policy ; Prevention ; Public information ; Research ; Sexual behavior ; Sexuality ; Sexually transmitteddisease
; Social sciences ; South east Asia ; Viral disease
transmitteddiseases, including AIDS, have been established. Complexity of the sex industry, its organization and the way it operates, from the rural sector to the massage parlour are studied. The work also indicates how deeply the commercial sex industry
A geographical study on regional variations of disease mortality
This study attempts to elucidate methods to analyze and clarify regional variations of disease mortality. These variations are analyzed from many sides, various types of diseases in various times and geographical scales. Furthermore, the regional
variation of cerebrovascular disease is observed, in all Japan and Yamagata Prefecture.
Review of the research on geographical distribution of disease mortality in Japan, with particular attention to cerebrovascular disease
Research on the geographical distribution mortality from cerebrovascular disease in Japan which has been very influencal in promoting associative analysis in medical geography. It is the major stream of medico-geographical research in Japan. - (SGA)
The invasion of human epidemic diseases into Australia, New Zealand, and the Southwest Pacific: the geographical context
Australia ; Diffusion ; Disease ; Epidemic ; Epidemiology ; Health ; New Zealand ; Pacific Region ; Space time
Changes in the spread of these disease-causing viruses are examined. The impact of reduced travel times between several areas on the transfer of infectious human diseases is highlighted. The consequences of increasing population size and decreasing
remoteness on the entry of other infectious diseases are noted.
Disease ; Endemic disease ; Health ; Medical geography ; Morbidity ; Spatial distribution ; United States of America
Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in the US Southwest; histoplasmosis occurs in the East and Central states. Suggests environmental relationships with these diseases both caused by soil fungi. - (DWG)
Caribbean ; Disease ; Health ; Latin America ; Medical geography ; Medical services ; Regional pathology ; Research ; Spatial analysis ; Tropical endemic disease
Geographical research on disease ecology in the 1980s has examined the role of environmental characteristics in the distribution of particular diseases and the contribution of ecological and socioeconomic variables to differential risk of infection
. Research was also published on spatial patterns of health and disease and the provision of health services.―(DWG)
Diffusion ; Disease ; Epidemic ; Health ; Medical geography ; Regional pathology ; United States of America
Dengue fever, a virus spread by two species of Aedes mosquitoes, now has those two vectors in the USA. Suitable climate in the southern United States and frequent movement of people with the disease from Mexico and the Caribbean may create a serious
AIDS ; Diffusion ; Disease ; Epidemic;Disease outbreak ; Health ; United States
The AA. develop a biologically-oriented mathematical model, of intermediate complexity, for the AIDS pandemic in the United States that is not only quantitatively consistent with the changing dynamics of the disease, but also allows them to estimate