Author： Sousa Arturo García-Barrón Leoncio Vetter Mark Morales Julia
Publisher： MDPI
E-ISSN： 1660-4601|11|8|7896-7917
ISSN： 1660-4601
Source： International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.11, Iss.8, 2014-08, pp. : 7896-7917
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Abstract
The possible connectivity between the spatial distribution of water bodies suitable for vectors of malaria and endemic malaria foci in Southern Europe is still not well known. Spain was one of the last countries in Western Europe to be declared free of malaria by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1964. This study combines, by means of a spatial-temporal analysis, the historical data of patients and deceased with the distribution of water bodies where the disease-transmitting mosquitos proliferate. Therefore, data from historical archives with a Geographic Information System (GIS), using the Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) interpolation method, was analyzed with the aim of identifying regional differences in the distribution of malaria in Spain. The reasons, why the risk of transmission is concentrated in specific regions, are related to worse socioeconomic conditions (Extremadura), the presence of another vector (
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