ArticleFrontiers in public health2020
Open-Source 3D Printable GPS Tracker to Characterize the Role of Human Population Movement on Malaria Epidemiology in River Networks: A Proof-of-Concept Study in the Peruvian Amazon.
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- Assessment of malaria risk in Southeast Asia: a systematic review.Malaria journal · 2023Pooled it
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- The role of connectivity on malaria dynamics across areas with contrasting control coverage in the Peruvian Amazon.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
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- The impact of sustained malaria control in the Loreto region of Peru: a retrospective, observational, spatially-varying interrupted time series analysis of the PAMAFRO program.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Article
- Effect of out-of-village working activities on recent malaria exposure in the Peruvian Amazon using parametric g-formula.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Quantifying the effect of human population mobility on malaria risk in the Peruvian Amazon.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Human movement patterns of farmers and forest workers from the Thailand-Myanmar border.Wellcome open research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Human movement affects malaria epidemiology at multiple geographical levels; however, few studies measure the role of human movement in the Amazon Region due to the challenging conditions and cost of movement tracking technologies. We developed an open-source low-cost 3D printable GPS-tracker and used this technology in a cohort study to characterize the role of human population movement in malaria epidemiology in a rural riverine village in the Peruvian Amazon. In this pilot study of 20 participants (mean age = 40 years old), 45,980 GPS coordinates were recorded over 1 month. Characteristic movement patterns were observed relative to the infection status and occupation of the participants. Applying two analytical animal movement ecology methods, utilization distributions (UDs) and integrated step selection functions (iSSF), we showed contrasting environmental selection and space use patterns according to infection status. These data suggested an important role of human movement in the epidemiology of malaria in the Peruvian Amazon due to high connectivity between villages of the same riverine network, suggesting limitations of current community-based control strategies. We additionally demonstrate the utility of this low-cost technology with movement ecology analysis to characterize human movement in resource-poor environments.
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