Gina Polo

TL;DR: This study integrated accessibility and location-allocation models in geographic information systems as a proposed strategy to improve the spatial planning of public health services and found that the relocation proposed by the maximum coverage model more effectively maximized the spatial accessibility to the sterilization service.

TL;DR: The results indicate that A. ovale can act as a natural reservoir for Rickettsia sp.

TL;DR: To prevent BSF human cases by implementing control strategies focused on capybaras, a semi-discrete-time stochastic model illustrates how strategies for the control and prevention of vector-borne infectious diseases can be focused on amplifier hosts management practices.

TL;DR: Results indicate that the R. parkeri-like agent, strain Atlantic rainforest, is circulating between A. ovale ticks, dogs and small mammals in the study area, suggesting that this SFG pathogen could be one of the etiological agents of SFG clinical cases in Rio Grande do Sul.

TL;DR: Due to the difficulty of monitoring locally the distribution of infectious agents, vectors and animal host’s, satellite hyperspectral imagery can be used as a complementary tool for the surveillance of tick-borne infectious diseases and potentially of other vector-borne diseases.