Assessing the effects of global warming and local social and economic conditions on the malaria transmission

Authors

  • Hyun M Yang Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Ciência da Computação; Departamento de Matemática Aplicada
  • Marcelo U Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas; Departamento de Parasitologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102000000300002

Keywords:

Malaria^i1^stransmiss, Anopheles^i1^sparasitol, Plasmodium^i1^sphysiol, Temperature, Socio-economic factors, Epidemiology models, Insect vectors, Host parasite relations

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To show how a mathematical model can be used to describe and to understand the malaria transmission. METHODS: The effects on malaria transmission due to the impact of the global temperature changes and prevailing social and economic conditions in a community were assessed based on a previously presented compartmental model, which describes the overall transmission of malaria. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: The assessments were made from the scenarios produced by the model both in steady state and dynamic analyses. Depending on the risk level of malaria, the effects on malaria transmission can be predicted by the temperature ambient or local social and-economic conditions.

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Published

2000-06-01

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2000)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Yang, H. M., & Ferreira, M. U. (2000). Assessing the effects of global warming and local social and economic conditions on the malaria transmission . Revista De Saúde Pública, 34(3), 214-222. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102000000300002