Volume 6, Number 3—June 2000
Perspective
Remote Sensing and Human Health: New Sensors and New Opportunities
Louisa R. Beck*†
, Bradley M. Lobitz†, and Byron L. Wood†
, Bradley M. Lobitz†, and Byron L. Wood†Table 1
Research using remote sensing data to map disease vectorsa
| Disease | Vector | Location | Sensor | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dracunculiasis | Cyclops spp. | Benin | TM | 1 |
| Cyclops spp. | Nigeria | TM | 2 | |
| Eastern equine | Culiseta melanura | Florida, USA | TM | 3 |
| encephalomyelitis | ||||
| Filariasis | Culex pipiens | Egypt | AVHRR | 4 |
| Cx. pipiens | Egypt | TM | 5,6 | |
| Leishmaniasis | Phlebotomus | SW Asia | AVHRR | 7 |
| papatasi | ||||
| Lyme disease | Ixodes scapularis | New York, USA | TM | 8, 9 |
| I. scapularis | Wisconsin, USA | TM | 10 | |
| Malaria | Anopheles | Mexico | TM | 11 |
| albimanus | ||||
| An. albimanus | Belize | SPOT | 12 | |
| An. albimanus | Belize | SPOT | 13 | |
| An. albimanus | Mexico | TM | 14 | |
| An. spp. | Gambia | AVHRR, Meteosat | 15, 16 | |
| An. albimanus | Mexico | TM | 17, 18 | |
| Rift Valley fever | Aedes & Cx. spp. | Kenya | AVHRR | 19, 20 |
| Cx. spp. | Kenya | TM, SAR | 21 | |
| Cx. spp. | Senegal | SPOT, AVHRR | 22 | |
| Schistosomiasis | Biomphalaria spp. | Egypt | AVHRR | 23 |
| Trypanosomiasis | Glossina spp. | Kenya, Uganda | AVHRR | 24 |
| Glossina spp. | Kenya | TM | 25 | |
| Glossina spp. | West Africa | AVHRR | 26 | |
| Glossina spp. | Africa | AVHRR | 27 | |
| Glossina spp. | Southern Africa | AVHRR | 28 |
aSee Appendix 1 for explanation of sensor acronyms
1CHAART was established at Ames Research Center by NASA's Life Sciences Division, within the Office of Life & Microgravity Sciences & Applications, to make remote sensing, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and computer modeling available to investigators in the human health community.
2The information gathered during the CHAART sensor evaluation process is available at http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/health/sensor/sensor.html.
