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Volume 104, 2010 - Issue 4
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Review

Geographical information systems and tropical medicine

O. A. Khan Department of Family Medicine University of Vermont , 235 Rowell, Bington, VT 05405, U.S.A., Department of Family Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A., and Christiana Care Health System, 1309 Veale Road, Wilmington, DE 19810, U.S.A;, Email: omar.khan@vtmednet.org
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W. Davenhall ESRI Inc. , 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100, U.S.A
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M. Ali International Vaccine Institute, Seoul National University Research Park, San 4-8 Nakseoungdae-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-191, South Korea
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C. Castillo-Salgado Pan American Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, U.S.A., and Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A
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G. Vazquez-Prokopec Department of Environmental Studies Emory University, Atlanta , GA 30322, U.S.A
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U. Kitron Department of Environmental Studies Emory University, Atlanta , GA 30322, U.S.A, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2220, U.S.A
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R. J. Soares Magalhães University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
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A. C. A. Clements University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
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Pages 303-318
Published online: 18 Jul 2013
 
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Review

Geographical information systems and tropical medicine

Abstract

Abstract

In terms of their applicability to the field of tropical medicine, geographical information systems (GIS) have developed enormously in the last two decades. This article reviews some of the pertinent and representative applications of GIS, including the use of such systems and remote sensing for the mapping of Chagas disease and human helminthiases, the use of GIS in vaccine trials, and the global applications of GIS for health-information management, disease epidemiology, and pandemic planning. The future use of GIS as a decision-making tool and some barriers to the widespread implementation of such systems in developing settings are also discussed.

 

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