The Integrated System for Public Health Monitoring of West Nile Virus (ISPHM-WNV): a real-time GIS for surveillance and decision-making
| Autor: | Sonia Rivest, Pierre Gosselin, Monique Douville-Fradet, Germain Lebel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Government
medicine.medical_specialty General Computer Science Operations research West Nile virus business.industry Health geography Public health viruses Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Methodology Early detection lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics medicine.disease_cause General Business Management and Accounting Health informatics Intervention (law) Human geography medicine lcsh:R858-859.7 business Environmental planning |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Health Geographics International Journal of Health Geographics, Vol 4, Iss 1, p 21 (2005) |
| ISSN: | 1476-072X |
| Popis: | Background After its first detection in North America in New York in 1999, West Nile virus was detected for the first time in 2002 in the province of Quebec, Canada. This situation forced the Government of Quebec to adopt a public health protection plan against the virus. The plan comprises several fields of intervention including the monitoring of human cases, Corvidae and mosquitoes in order to ensure the early detection of the presence of the virus in a particular area. To help support the monitoring activities, the Integrated System for Public Health Monitoring of West Nile Virus (ISPHM-WNV) has been developed. Results The ISPHM-WNV is a real-time geographic information system for public health surveillance of West Nile virus and includes information on Corvidae, mosquitoes, humans, horses, climate, and preventive larvicide interventions. It has been in operation in the province of Quebec, Canada, since May 2003. The ISPHM-WNV facilitates the collection, localization, management and analysis of monitoring data; it also allows for the display of the results of analyses on maps, tables and statistical diagrams. Conclusion The system is very helpful for field workers in all regions of the province, as well as for central authorities. It represents the common authoritative source of data for analysis, exchange and decision-making. |
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