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Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal Using remote sensing to assess potential impacts of hurricanes on mosquito habitat formation: Investigating the mechanisms for interrelationship between climate and the incidence of vector-borne diseases

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Author(s):
Naqvi ZR
Year:
2009
Series:
Baylor University (Environmental Studies)
Abstract:

The present study examined the relationship between climate and the incidence of vector-borne disease. The climatological phenomenon El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) was found to be significant in predicting the frequency and intensity of hurricane seasons for the Atlantic Ocean and the Yucatan Peninsula between 1985 to 2007. Satellite analysis for hurricanes that impacted the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically the country of Belize, between 1995 and 2007 determined changes in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), mid-infrared range (MIR), and thermal infrared range (TIR) immediately after and one month after the hurricanes. Regression analyses found that correlations between reported cases of malaria and dengue fever for Belize and changes in the NDVI, MIR, and TIR existed between immediate and persistent impacts and disease incidence.

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Resource Description

Exposure What is this?

weather or climate related pathway by which climate change affects health

    Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster
    • Extreme Weather-Related Event or Disaster: Hurricane
Geographic Feature What is this?

resource focuses on specific type of geography

    Ocean/Coastal
Geographic Location What is this?

resource focuses on specific location

    Non-United States
    • Non-United States: Non-U.S. North America
Health Impact What is this?

specification of health effect or disease related to climate change exposure

    Infectious Disease
    • Infectious Disease: Vectorborne Disease
      • Vectorborne Disease: General Vectorborne Disease, Mosquito-borne Disease
        • General Vectorborne Disease, Mosquito-borne Disease: Dengue, Malaria
        Mosquito-borne Disease
      Vectorborne Disease
Resource Type What is this?

format or standard characteristic of resource

    Research Article
Special Topic What is this?

related topics that intersect with those captured in other filters

    Adaptation
    • Adaptation: Adaptation Co-Benefit/Co-Harm, Vulnerability Assessment
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