Mapping malaria in municipalities of the Coffee Triangle region of Colombia using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Main Authors: Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales (Author), César A. Orrego-Acevedo (Author), Yazmin Zambrano-Muñoz (Author), Francisco J. García-Folleco (Author), Albert C. Herrera-Giraldo (Author), Carlos O. Lozada-Riascos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been used extensively for the development of epidemiological maps of malaria but not in the Coffee Triangle region of Colombia, endemic for P. vivax, P. falciparum and P. malariae. Surveillance case data (2007-2011) were used to estimate annual in...