The Development of the Chagas’ Online Data Entry System (CODES-GIS)
| Autor: | Andrew Curtis, Patricia L. Dorn, Rosamond Coates, Farrell Jones, Jason K. Blackburn, Frances Currin Mujica |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Transactions in GIS. 12:249-265 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9671 1361-1682 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2008.01101.x |
| Popis: | This article describes a web-based data entry and GIS-driven mapping system designed for an ethnographic and entomological survey of Chagas' disease, an emerging zoonotic disease, and Triatoma dimidiata , a primary vector, in the Los Tuxtlas region of Veracruz, Mexico. To better understand this disease in the region, a collaborative, multi-disciplinary study was initiated to conduct a spatial investigation of T. dimidiata and a community-by-community survey of local perceptions of the disease. In order to facilitate such a collaborative effort the CODES-GIS was developed. This system allows for (near) real-time mapping, analyses, disease reporting, and results sharing. CODES-GIS provides a framework for a research team working in a remote area with limited technology, software, or GIS expertise to benefit from (near) real-time spatial analyses performed at collaborating institutions. The system is bi-directional, where field personnel can upload data to the system for field-based map production. Likewise, laboratory personnel can upload diagnostics data for viewing by field personnel. In this way, the system provides a virtual link between the field and the laboratory to increase |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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