Progress and Challenges in Infectious Disease Cartography

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• 作者：Moritz U.G. Kraemer¹ ; ^{moritz.kraemer@zoo.ox.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Simon I. Hay² ; ³ ; ⁴ ; David M. Pigott¹ ; ² ; David L. Smith¹ ; ⁴ ; ⁵ ; G.R. William Wint¹ ; ⁶ ; Nick Golding²
• 关键词：spatial epidemiology ; mapping ; disease modelling ; pathogen dispersal ; human mobility
• 刊名：Trends in Parasitology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：32
• 期：1
• 页码：19-29
• 全文大小：1672 K

文摘

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 updating and dissemination of appropriately designed disease maps to guide the public health community in reducing the global burden of infectious disease.