Mapping environmental suitability for malaria transmission, Greece

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):784-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.120811.

Abstract

During 2009-2012, Greece experienced a resurgence of domestic malaria transmission. To help guide malaria response efforts, we used spatial modeling to characterize environmental signatures of areas suitable for transmission. Nonlinear discriminant analysis indicated that sea-level altitude and land-surface temperature parameters are predictive in this regard.

Keywords: Greece; Malaria; infectious diseases; mapping; parasites; transmission; vector-borne infections.

MeSH terms

  • Altitude
  • Animals
  • Anopheles / parasitology*
  • Anopheles / physiology
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Geography
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / parasitology*
  • Insect Vectors / physiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
  • Malaria, Vivax / transmission*
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Plasmodium vivax / physiology*
  • Seasons
  • Temperature