Vol. 6 No. 3 (2012)

Original Articles

• Mapping and modelling neglected tropical diseases and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

  John B. Malone, N. Robert Bergquist

  S1-S5

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.115

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• The Pan American Health Organization's role and perspectives on the mapping and modeling of the neglected tropical diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: an overview

  Steven K. Ault, Ruben Santiago Nicholls, Martha IdaIí Saboya

  S7-S9

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.116

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• The neglected tropical diseases (NTD) initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Inter-American Development Bank and the role of geospatial analysis in health programmes

  Josh Colston

  S11-S14

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.117

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• Climate information for public health: the role of the IRI climate data library in an integrated knowledge system

  John del Corral, M. Benno Blumenthal, Gilma Mantilla, Pietro Ceccato, Stephen J. Connor, Madeleine C. Thomson

  S15-S24

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.118

  2056

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• SandflyMap: leveraging spatial data on sand fly vector distribution for disease risk assessments

  Desmond H. Foley, Richard C. Wilkerson, L. Lynnette Dornak, David B. Pecor, Arpad S. Nyari, Leopoldo M. Rueda, Lewis S. Long, Jason H. Richardson

  S25-S30

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.119

  1901

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• An operative dengue risk stratification system in Argentina based on geospatial technology

  Ximena Porcasi, Camilo H. Rotela, María V. Introini, Nicolás Frutos, Sofía Lanfri, Gonzalo Peralta, Estefanía A. De Elia, Mario A. Lanfri, Carlos M. Scavuzzo

  S31-S42

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.120

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• Estimating the geographical distribution of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in young Mexicans

  Miguel Murguía-Romero, Rafael Jiménez-Flores, Rafael Villalobos-Molina, Adolfo René Méndez-Cruz

  S43-S50

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.121

  1112

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• Analysis of the El Niño/La Niña-Southern Oscillation variability and malaria in the Estado Sucre, Venezuela

  Laura Delgado-Petrocelli, Karenia Còrdova, Alberto Camardiel, Víctor H. Aguilar, Denise Hernández, Santiago Ramos

  S51-S57

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.122

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• Environmental and socio-economic risk modelling for Chagas disease in Bolivia

  Paula Mischler, Michael Kearney, Jennifer C. McCarroll, Ronaldo G.C. Scholte, Penelope Vounatsou, John B. Malone

  S59-S66

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.123

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• A One-Health integrated approach to control fascioliasis in the Cajamarca valley of Peru

  Laura Rinaldi, Sergio Gonzalez, Jorge Guerrero, Luisa Carol Aguilera, Vincenzo Musella, Claudio Genchi, Giuseppe Cringoli

  S67-S73

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.124

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• Climate-based risk models for Fasciola hepatica in Colombia

  Natalia Valencia-Lòpez, John B. Malone, Catalina Gòmez Carmona, Luz E. Velásquez

  S75-S85

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.125

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• Application of a geographical information system approach for risk analysis of fascioliasis in southern Espírito Santo state, Brazil

  Isabella Vilhena Freire Martins, Barbara Rauta de Avelar, Maria Julia Salim Pereira, Adevair Henrique da Fonseca

  S87-S93

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.126

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• Spatial distribution of Biomphalaria spp., the intermediate host snails of Schistosoma mansoni, in Brazil

  Ronaldo G.C. Scholte, Omar S. Carvalho, John B. Malone, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou

  S95-S101

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.127

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• Biomphalaria species distribution and its effect on human Schistosoma mansoni infection in an irrigated area used for rice cultivation in northeast Brazil

  Delmany Moitinho Barboza, Cangjie Zhang, Nathaly Cardoso Santos, Marília Matos Bezerra Lemos Silva, Carla Virgínia Vieira Rollemberg, Fabio Jorge Ramalho de Amorim, Marlene Tiduko Ueta, Claudia Moura de Melo, José Antônio Pacheco de Almeida, Verònica de Lourdes Sierpe Jeraldo, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus

  S103-S109

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.128

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• Modelling the ecological niche of hookworm in Brazil based on climate

  Ntombi B. Mudenda, John B. Malone, Michael T. Kearney, Paula D. Mischler, Prixia del Mar Nieto, Jennifer C. McCarroll, Penelope Vounatsou

  S111-S123

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.129

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• Neurological disability in leprosy: incidence and gender association in Sergipe, Brazil

  Daniela Teles de Oliveira, Marília Matos Bezerra, José Antônio Pacheco de Almeida, Malcolm Duthie, Steven Reed, Amelia Ribeiro de Jesus

  S125-S129

  https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2012.130

  1216

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