title: Land cover, land use and malaria in the Amazon: a systematic literature review of studies using remotely sensed data.
abstract: The nine countries sharing the Amazon forest accounted for 89% of all malaria cases reported in the Americas in 2008. Remote sensing can help identify the environmental determinants of malaria transmission and their temporo-spatial evolution. Seventeen studies characterizing land cover or land use features, and relating them to malaria in the Amazon subregion, were identified. These were reviewed in order to improve the understanding of the land cover/use class roles in malaria transmission. The indicators affecting the transmission risk were summarized in terms of temporal components, landscape fragmentation and anthropic pressure. This review helps to define a framework for future studies aiming to characterize and monitor malaria.
authors.affiliation: EPaT Team EA 3593, UFR de Médecine, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana. aurelia.stefani@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aurélia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dusfour
authors.forename: Ana Paula S A
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Corrêa
authors.forename: Manoel C B
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dessay
authors.forename: Allan K R
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Galardo
authors.forename: Clícia D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Galardo
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Girod
authors.forename: Margarete S M
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gurgel
authors.forename: Ana Cristina F
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Eduardo S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Musset
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nacher
authors.forename: Alana C S
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carme
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roux
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D063245:Plant Development; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors