Landscape Ecology and Epidemiology of Malaria Associated with Rubber Plantations in Thailand: Integrated Approaches to Malaria Ecotoping

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Profiling of MRP ecotope and MIP. (a) A profile of Klong Khak MRP ecotope confined to the Dan Chumphon TCA, Trat province, can be step-by-step processed: (A) identification and characterization of GIS-based MRP ecotope using both topographic land use and contour maps; (B) landscape aerial photography that employs planned trajectory of georeferenced MRP ecotope using the multirotors as the UAV; and (C) construction of image mosaics using a feature-based technique for the joint estimation of all snapshots. (b) A profile of the MIPs confined to the Klong Khak MRP ecotope can be spatially perspective to determine the degree to which the probable human-vector contact is associated with malaria infection. All the validated land use maps illustrated with contour lines were constructed as before. Moreover, topographic presentations of the spatial data shown in (a) and (b) can be manipulated using the ArcGIS applications to monitor the infestation or reinfestation of Anopheles vectors as well as the malaria event in a time-series manner.

(a) Malaria infection pocket (MIP) of Klong Khak MRP ecotope (TBDKK3) Dan Chumphon TCA, Trat

(b) 2013-2014 malaria events TBDKK3