Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security: Vector-borne Diseases under Environmental Changes 2
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Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Windows, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
Type: Paper,
Theme:
Curated Track:
Sponsor Group(s):
Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group, Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group
Organizer(s):
Meifang Li Dartmouth College
Xun Shi Dartmouth College
Marshall Ma University of Idaho
Zhe Wang University of Idaho
Yan Lin University of New Mexico
Chao Fan University of Idaho
Xiang Que University of Idaho
Chair(s):
Meifang Li Dartmouth College
Description:
Vector-borne diseases, e.g., Lyme disease, dengue fever, malaria, West Nile fever, chikungunya, and Zika are caused by infections transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods, such as ticks and mosquitoes. They account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases and cause more than 700,000 deaths annually across the world. Habitual environments play a significant role in the infection, reproduction, and spread of the vectors and their animal hosts. A number of vector-borne diseases have become more prevalent locally, regionally, and globally due to contemporary environmental changes, including climate change and land use/land cover dynamics. In response to this trend, studies of vector-borne disease from a geographic perspective have flourished in recent years, covering a wide range of topics (from epidemic modeling to environmental modeling) and methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods). This session will present perspectives, methods, and case studies in this field of research, and facilitate concentrated discussion.
The topics we welcome include, but are not limited to:
• Characterization of the spatiotemporal pattern of vectors, hosts, and vector-borne diseases
• Simulation and prediction modeling of the disease transmission
• Identification of socioeconomic and environmental factors that contribute to diseases
• Modeling and predicting spatiotemporal dynamics of vectors and animal hosts under contemporary environmental changes, especially climate change and land use/land cover changes
• Applications of “big” data and computational technologies in vector-borne disease research
• Citizen science/community science in surveillance of vectors and diseases
• Public education on vector-borne diseases
• Policies and strategies for prevention and control
• The social justice of vector-borne diseases
This session is part of the AAG Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security.
Presentations (if applicable) and Session Agenda:
Sadie Ryan, University of Florida |
Mapping current and future thermal limits to suitability for malaria transmission by the invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi |
Samuel Adu-Prah |
Spatial assessment of malaria elimination programs in Sub-Sharan Africa: A case of Ghana. |
James Anderson |
Abstract movers and their trajectories: movement characterization and uncertainty for aggregate spatial units. |
Meifang Li, Dartmouth College |
Detecting spatiotemporal associations between Lyme disease and environmental factors in New England |
Discussant: Jonathan Winter (Dartmouth College) |
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Symposium on Geospatial Approaches to Pressing Grand Challenges: Global Pandemics, Climate Change, and Food Security: Vector-borne Diseases under Environmental Changes 2
Description
Type: Paper,
Date: 3/25/2023
Time: 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Windows, Sheraton, I.M. Pei Tower, Second Level
Contact the Primary Organizer
Meifang Li Dartmouth College
meifang.li@dartmouth.edu
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