| Literature DB >> 12725965 |
Aruna Srivastava1, B N Nagpal, Rekha Saxena, Alex Eapen, K John Ravindran, S K Subbarao, C Rajamanikam, M Palanisamy, N L Kalra, N C Appavoo.
Abstract
A GIS based information management system has been developed to help Urban Malaria Control in India. The basic objective is to develop a model to assist planning and implementation of a suitable control measure. The system can help in: (i) identifying high receptive areas in time and space domain; (ii) identifying risk factors for high receptivity; (iii) monitoring and evaluating control measures. To demonstrate this system, information on 33 parameters and malaria cases has been attached to a digitised map of Dindigul, an urban town in Tamil Nadu. Functionalities of the system and its utility are described in this paper. A GIS based information management system ensures that if a localised spurt of the disease occurs, it can be associated rapidly with a likely cause, a specific vector, and a probable human source, so that appropriate preventive action can be taken to arrest any rising trend.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12725965 DOI： 10.1016/s0169-2607(02)00056-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Comput Methods Programs Biomed ISSN： 0169-2607 Impact factor: 5.428