Application of Geographic Information System to control dengue outbreak in Tainan city, Taiwan 2015
Authors
Chaoyen Wu, Shengzhe Lin, Chueh-Hui Yeh
Corresponding Author
Chaoyen Wu
Available Online June 2016.
- DOI
- 10.2991/mmebc-16.2016.335How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Geographic Information System; dengue outbreak; Taiwan.
- Abstract
Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne disease of human in the world. It is circulating in tropical and sub-tropical countries in Asia, Africa and the Americans. Taiwan has been also the affected area, and hundreds of people are infected over the past years mostly due to the transmission from imported cases. However, people infected dengue virus are over twenty thousand cases in a big history-record outbreak occurred in the southern Taiwan-Tainan city in 2015 because of the abundant rainfall and global warming which facilitated mosquito growth and virus spread. The Tainan dengue control team effectively controls scientific strategy and the control measures will constitute as a model worldwide.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Chaoyen Wu AU - Shengzhe Lin AU - Chueh-Hui Yeh PY - 2016/06 DA - 2016/06 TI - Application of Geographic Information System to control dengue outbreak in Tainan city, Taiwan 2015 BT - Proceedings of the 2016 6th International Conference on Machinery, Materials, Environment, Biotechnology and Computer PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1655 EP - 1657 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/mmebc-16.2016.335 DO - 10.2991/mmebc-16.2016.335 ID - Wu2016/06 ER -