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Epidemiology study of the chagas disease in Bolivia using remote sensing data

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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
dc.coverage.temporal 25 September 2017 through 29 September 2017
dc.date.accessioned 2019-08-21T04:13:13Z
dc.date.available 2019-08-21T04:13:13Z
dc.date.issued 2017-09
dc.identifier.citation Vargas Cuentas, N., Roman Gonzalez, A., Alva Mantari, A., & Aucapuma Muñoz, L. (Septiembre, 2017). Epidemiology Study of the Chagas Disease in Bolivia Using Remote Sensing Data. En 68th International Astronautical Congress: Unlocking Imagination, Fostering Innovation and Strengthening Security. en_PE
dc.identifier.uri http://repositorio.uch.edu.pe/handle/uch/352
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
dc.description.sponsorship Ariane Group;Boeing;et al.;Orbital ATK;SAS;UAE Space Agency
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher International Astronautical Federation, IAF en_PE
dc.relation info:eu-repo/semantics/article en_PE
dc.relation.isPartOf 68th International Astronautical Congress: Unlocking Imagination, Fostering Innovation and Strengthening Security, IAC 2017
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess en_PE
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 Land use en
dc.subject Meteorology en
dc.subject Satellites en
dc.subject Water resources en
dc.subject Climatic conditions en
dc.subject Environment monitoring en
dc.subject Land Use Planning en
dc.subject Long-term problems en
dc.subject Primary objective en
dc.subject Remote sensing data en
dc.subject Satellite images en
dc.subject Technological advances en
dc.subject Remote sensing en
dc.title Epidemiology study of the chagas disease in Bolivia using remote sensing data en_PE
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject en_PE
dc.identifier.journal International Astronautical Congress, IAC en_PE
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85051414568


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