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Chagas disease study using satellite image processing: A Bolivian case

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dc.contributor.author Vargas Cuentas, Natalia
dc.contributor.author Roman Gonzalez, Avid
dc.contributor.author Alva Mantari, Alicia
dc.contributor.author Aucapuma Muñoz, Luis Anthony
dc.date.accessioned 2019-08-02T04:11:55Z
dc.date.available 2019-08-02T04:11:55Z
dc.date.issued 2018-03
dc.identifier.citation Vargas Cuentas, N., Roman Gonzalez, A., Mantari, A., & Muñoz, L. (2018). Chagas disease study using satellite image processing: A Bolivian case. Acta Astronautica, 144, 216-224. en_PE
dc.identifier.issn 0094-5765
dc.identifier.uri http://repositorio.uch.edu.pe/handle/uch/299
dc.identifier.uri http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.12.039
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576517317071#!
dc.description.abstract Remote sensing is the technology that has enabled us to obtain information about the Earth's surface without directly contacting it. For this reason, currently, the Bolivian state has considered a list of interesting applications of remote sensing in the country, including the following: biodiversity and environment monitoring, mining and geology, epidemiology, agriculture, water resources and land use planning. The use of satellite images has become a great tool for epidemiology because with this technological advance we can determine the environment in which transmission occurs, the distribution of the disease and its evolution over time. In that context, one of the important diseases related to public health in Bolivia is Chagas disease, also known as South American Trypanosomiasis. Chagas is caused by a blood-sucking bug or Vinchuca, which causes serious intestinal and heart long term problems and affects 33.4% of the Bolivian population. This disease affects mostly humble people, so the Bolivian state invests millions of dollars to acquire medicine and distribute it for free. Due to the above reasons, the present research aims to analyze some areas of Bolivia using satellite images for developing an epidemiology study. The primary objective is to understand the environment in which the transmission of the disease happens, and the climatic conditions under which occurs, observe the behavior of the blood-sucking bug, identify in which months occur higher outbreaks, in which months the bug leaves its eggs, and under which weather conditions this happens. All this information would be contrasted with information extracted from the satellite images and data from the Ministry of Health, and the Institute of Meteorology in Bolivia. All this data will allow us to have a more integrated understanding of this disease and promote new possibilities to prevent and control it. en_PE
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier Ltd en_PE
dc.relation info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.relation.isPartOf Acta Astronautica
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.source Repositorio Institucional - UCH en_PE
dc.source Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades en_PE
dc.subject Agriculture en
dc.subject Biodiversity en
dc.subject Blood en
dc.subject Disease control en
dc.subject Epidemiology en
dc.subject Land use en
dc.subject Meteorology en
dc.subject Remote sensing en
dc.subject Satellite imagery en
dc.subject Water resources en
dc.title Chagas disease study using satellite image processing: A Bolivian case en_PE
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.12.039 en_PE
dc.identifier.journal Acta Astronautica en_PE
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85044647951


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