Journal article
Progress and Challenges in Infectious Disease Cartography
MUG Kraemer, SI Hay, DM Pigott, DL Smith, GRW Wint, N Golding
Trends in Parasitology | CELL PRESS | Published : 2016
Abstract
Quantitatively mapping the spatial distributions of infectious diseases is key to both investigating their epidemiology and identifying populations at risk of infection. Important advances in data quality and methodologies have allowed for better investigation of disease risk and its association with environmental factors. However, incorporating dynamic human behavioural processes in disease mapping remains challenging. For example, connectivity among human populations, a key driver of pathogen dispersal, has increased sharply over the past century, along with the availability of data derived from mobile phones and other dynamic data sources. Future work must be targeted towards the rapid up..
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Funding Acknowledgements
M.U.G.K. is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through a graduate scholarship. S.I.H. is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (#095066). S.I.H. and D.L.S. also acknowledge funding support from the RAPIDD program of the Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, and the Fogarty International Center (FIC), National Institutes of Health (NIH). S.I.H. and G.R.W.W. acknowledge funding from the International Research Consortium on Dengue Risk Assessment Management and Surveillance [IDAMS, European Commission 7th Framework Programme (#21803) http://www.idams.eu]. N.G. and D.M.P. are funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1093011).