Assessing changing vulnerability to dengue in northeastern Brazil using a water-associated disease index approach     

《Global Environmental Change》2014

Water management practices and access to safe water supplies have major implications for human health. While a range of assessments has been developed to assess water vulnerability, limited work has extended these concepts to health and wellbeing. Water-associated disease cycles are characterized by complex linkages between social and ecological determinants, thus conceptualizing vulnerability in the context of health offers a useful framework for analysis. This paper applies a water associated disease index (WADI) as a tool to deepen understanding of changing vulnerability to dengue, comparing conditions in 2000 and 2010 in Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. Multi-dimensional data were integrated into indicators of exposure and susceptibility using the WADI approach, including water access, land cover, climate, and solid waste collection, and outputs were validated and visualized in map form. The findings illustrate heterogeneous patterns of vulnerability to dengue in the region, and highlight trends of seasonal and long-term changes. Highest vulnerability was observed in densely populated Recife and the surrounding coastal region in both time periods, with climate conditions creating seasonal trends in exposure to dengue. While more remote areas in the semi-arid Sertão showed low vulnerability overall, increases were observed in some areas between 2000 and 2010 due to land use intensification and growing population densities. These findings suggest that interventions should consider the dynamic nature of social and ecological factors that contribute to health outcomes and address current as well as future populations vulnerable to dengue transmission. This vulnerability mapping approach can be applied to other water-associated diseases impacted by global environmental change to highlight priority areas for further investigation and contribute towards improving interventions.  相似文献   

Classifying high-prevalence neighborhoods for cardiovascular disease in Texas     

《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2015

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in the state of Texas. In order to develop effective healthcare policies to combat CVD, it is essential to understand what types of communities are most affected. In this paper, we develop a classification scheme to segment high-prevalence communities based on selected social and demographic characteristics. We find that while many high-prevalence areas reflect traditional relationships between socioeconomic deprivation and poor health outcomes, a subset of more affluent communities in Texas are also affected. This suggests the importance of tailored approaches to prevention that account for this diversity among high-prevalence neighborhoods.  相似文献   

POSSIBLE　HYDROGEOCHEMICAL　PRECONDITIONS　FOR　KASHIN－BECK　DISEASE　IN　TRANSBAIKALIA     

Zamana Leonid Vasilevich 《中国地理科学(英文版)》1995,5(2):185-192

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北京地区细菌性痢疾医疗气象预报模式及流行风险水平评估     

张姝丽  孙培源  张德山  蒲永兰  韦懿云  赵娜  宛公展 《气候与环境研究》2009,14(6):673-677

研究了北京市海淀区2004～2006年全年逐日细菌性痢疾发病率与地面气象要素的相关关系.结果发现,细菌性痢疾发病与水汽压(空气绝对湿度)高度相关,单相关系数平均可达0.85以上.在所有候选预报因子中,它的方差贡献可占80%.采用多元回归概率分级技术,建立了细菌性痢疾医疗气象预报及风险水平评估模式.该模式预报结果可为各级疾病预防控制中心指导广大城乡居民卫生防疫提供科学依据.  相似文献   

Redescription and illustration of caridean shrimp from the Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil     

《Journal of South American Earth Sciences》2019

Fossil caridean shrimp of Palaemonidae are reasonably common in Cretaceous and Oligocene deposits of Brazil. Reexamination of species assigned to Pseudocaridinella Martins-Neto and Mezzalira, 1991b, indicate that a new genus, Bahiacaris n. gen., must accommodate one of the referred species, Bahiacaris roxoi new combination. Palaemonidae invaded freshwater in South America by the late Early Cretaceous.  相似文献   

昆明地区气象条件变化与脑血管疾病的联系   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

赵红旭  张丽玲  彭霞 《气候与环境研究》2001,6(4):498-502

对昆明市气象资料及近年来市内两家大型医院脑血管病住院人数进行了对比分析,结果表明,昆明市特有的气象条件变化使得脑血管疾病季节性发病率不同于内地其他地区,出血性脑血管病和缺血性脑血管病在四季均有多发月份,这可能与气候温和地区人们对极端气候适应能力较弱有关.  相似文献   

内蒙古固沙造林树木真菌病害区系     

袁秀英  韩艳洁 《中国沙漠》1999,19(3):234-238

系统调查了内蒙古固沙造林树木真菌病害状况,采集到罹病树木１６科３７种（属）,鉴定出病害１２６种、病原真菌７６种,比较了不同树种及不同组织器官的病害类型和病原生态群落组成的差异。根据沙区不同的水热指标与地理条件,讨论了病原物的生态地理区系,并分为乌兰布和沙漠固沙造林区、毛乌素沙地固沙造林区和科尔沁沙地固沙林区。  相似文献   

从来克丁物质与微生物相互作用看水产无脊椎动物对疾病的防御活动     

陈皓文  孙丕喜 《海洋科学进展》1998,(1)

本文从水产无脊椎动物与环境的关系论述其来克丁物质的功能;来克丁与微生物间的相互作用包括相互作用中有关来克丁、微生物种类,作用部位和作用物质等。从来克丁在水产无脊椎动物识别外来物质,包括抵御病原体的作用看,健康发展的水产业之一项关键任务便是认识和掌握来克丁在御防病害活动中的机理。  相似文献   

“六淫”致病的科学性及定量标准探讨   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

李连方  尚品洁  杨金莲 《气候与环境研究》1999,4(1):87-93

《黄帝内经》将气象学中的风、寒、暑、湿、燥、火（热）6种气象现象的太过、不及或非时之候而影响人体病变的发生,又将人体疾病症候状况分成上述6种类似气象现象的类型统称“六淫”。前者为外感疾病病因分类,后者为症候分类。于是,“六淫”就 有了双重含义。对“六淫”的科学含义及其定量标准进行了探讨。  相似文献   

“五运六气”与气象医学   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

刘玉芝 《气候与环境研究》1999,4(1):98-103

将1951～1980年郑州地区的气象要素（气温、风速、降雨量）的距平值与“五运六气”学说所推论气象作对比分析,两者结果比较一致。继之,收集了1953～1983年同一地区传染性肝炎、痢疾、伤寒、流行性感冒、猩红热、流行性乙型脑炎（这6种病在1983年以前均无疫苗或无有效预防）的流行资料进行分析,说明“五运六气”学说中的发病率与气候变化有较好的关系。  相似文献