Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34502007›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Development and Comparison of Dengue Vulnerability Indices Using GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Lao PDR and Thailand.

Sumaira Zafar, Oleg Shipin, Richard E Paul, Joacim Rocklöv, Ubydul Haque, Md Siddikur Rahman, Mayfong Mayxay, Chamsai Pientong, Sirinart Aromseree, Petchaboon Poolphol and 3 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Mapping landscape changes to address dengue fever risk in Laos and Thailand.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2026
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sumaira ZafarDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology; Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.
Oleg ShipinDepartment of Environmental Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology; Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.
Richard E PaulUnité de la Génétique Fonctionnelle des Maladies Infectieuses, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 2000, 75015 Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0665-5089
Joacim RocklövDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, 90187 Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4030-0449
Ubydul HaqueDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, North Texas, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7413-1017
Md Siddikur RahmanDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-8925-6544
Mayfong MayxayInstitute of Research and Education Development (IRED), University of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Vientiane 43130, Laos.
Chamsai PientongDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
Sirinart AromsereeDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
Petchaboon PoolpholThe Office of Disease Prevention and Control Region 10(th), Ubon Ratchathani 34000, Thailand.
Tiengkham PongvongsaSavannakhet Provincial Health Department, Savannakhet 13000, Laos.
Nanthasane VannavongChampasak Provincial Health Office, Pakse 1600, Laos.
Hans J OvergaardDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dengue is a continuous health burden in Laos and Thailand. We assessed and mapped dengue vulnerability in selected provinces of Laos and Thailand using multi-criteria decision approaches. An ecohealth framework was used to develop dengue vulnerability indices (DVIs) that explain links between population, social and physical environments, and health to identify exposure, susceptibility, and adaptive capacity indicators. Three DVIs were constructed using two objective approaches, Shannon's Entropy (SE) and the Water-Associated Disease Index (WADI), and one subjective approach, the Best-Worst Method (BWM). Each DVI was validated by correlating the index score with dengue incidence for each spatial unit (district and subdistrict) over time. A Pearson's correlation coefficient (r) larger than 0.5 and a

Indexed as

DengueZika VirusZika Virus InfectionDecision Support TechniquesGeographic Information SystemsHumansLaosThailandepidemiologyexposurehealth status indicatorsspatial analysissusceptibility

Identifiers

PMID34502007
PMCPMC8430616

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.