Solid wastes provide breeding sites, burrows, and food for biological disease vectors, and urban zoonotic reservoirs: a call to action for solutions-based research

A Krystosik, G Njoroge, L Odhiambo… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid
waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; …

Water insecurity and urban poverty in the Global South: Implications for health and human biology

EA Adams, J Stoler, Y Adams - American Journal of Human …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Over half of the world's population (4 billion people) experience severe water
scarcity at least one month per year, while half a billion people experience severe water …

Recent developments on Junin virus, a causative agent for Argentine haemorrhagic fever

S Kumar, D Yadav, D Singh, K Shakya… - Reviews in Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Junin virus consists of ribonucleic acid as the genome and is responsible for a rapidly
changing tendency of the virus. The virus is accountable for ailments in the human body and …

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Cali, Colombia.

MR Desjardins, I Casas, AM Victoria, D Carbonell… - Health & place, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Dengue fever (DENF), chikungunya (CHIK), and Zika are responsible for the
majority of the burden caused by vector-borne diseases (VBDs); which are produced by …

Classifying crime places by neighborhood visual appearance and police geonarratives: A machine learning approach

M Amiruzzaman, A Curtis, Y Zhao, S Jamonnak… - Journal of computational …, 2021 - Springer
The complex interrelationship between the built environment and social problems is often
described but frequently lacks the data and analytical framework to explore the potential of …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission of chikungunya virus in an urban slum, Brazil

RO Anjos, VA Mugabe, PSS Moreira… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
After a chikungunya outbreak in Salvador, Brazil, we performed a cross-sectional,
community-based study of 1,776 inhabitants to determine chikungunya virus (CHIKV) …

[HTML][HTML] Cali cancer registry methods

LS García, LE Bravo, P Collazos, O Ramírez… - Colombia …, 2018 - scielo.org.co
Abstract Background: The Population Cancer Registry of Cali (RPCC) has operated since
1962, disseminating high quality information to provide a framework to assess and control …

GeoVisuals: a visual analytics approach to leverage the potential of spatial videos and associated geonarratives

S Jamonnak, Y Zhao, A Curtis, S Al-Dohuki… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Videos embedded with spatial coordinates, especially when combined with additional
expert insights, offer the potential to acquire fine-scale multi-time period contextualized data …

Demographic and clinical characteristics of chikungunya patients from six Colombian cities, 2014–2015

JC Rueda, AM Santos, JI Angarita… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In 2014, the chikungunya virus reached Colombia for the first time, resulting in a nationwide
epidemic. The objective of this study was to describe the demographics and clinical …

Spatio-temporal modeling of Zika and dengue infections within Colombia

DA Martínez-Bello, A López-Quílez… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study is to estimate the parallel relative risk of Zika virus disease (ZVD) and
dengue using spatio-temporal interaction effects models for one department and one city of …