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Using different proxies to predict hantavirus disease risk in São Paulo state, Brazil
(2017-01-01)
Recent studies predict disease risk using different proxies, such as pathogen prevalence in hosts, abundance of the main hosts, and the number of reported disease cases. These proxies are used to build risk maps that can ...
Risk factors for human Mycobacterium bovis infections in an urban area of Brazil
(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018)
Estudo e cadastro de áreas de risco de inundação na área urbana do município de Restinga Sêca - RS
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilGeografiaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em GeografiaCentro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, 2017-08-28)
Occupying areas naturally prone to adverse events, such as floods, may have negative
impacts on the economy and social problems for the affected population. This is a problem of
the municipality of Restinga Sêca located ...
Spatial quantification of the world population potentially exposed to Zika virus
(Oxford Universitu Press, 2017)
Background: Zika virus is an emerging Flaviviridae virus, which has spread rapidly in the
last few years. It has raised concern because it has been associated with fetus microcephaly
when pregnant women are infected. The ...
Combined effects of hydrometeorological hazards and urbanisation on dengue risk in Brazil: a spatiotemporal modelling study
(Elsevier, 2021)
Background: Temperature and rainfall patterns are known to influence seasonal patterns of dengue transmission. However, the effect of severe drought and extremely wet conditions on the timing and intensity of dengue epidemics ...
Adding carotid total plaque area to the Framingham risk score improves cardiovascular risk classification
(Termedia Publishing House Ltd, 2016-03)
Cardiovascular events (CE) due to atherosclerosis are preventable. Identification of high-risk patients helps to focus resources on those most likely to benefit from expensive therapy. Atherosclerosis is not considered for ...
Aspects determining the risk of pesticides to wild bees: risk profiles for focal crops on three continents
(Julius Kuhn-inst, 2012-01-01)
In order to conduct a proper risk assessment of pesticides to bees, information is needed in three areas: (i) the toxicity of the pesticide; (ii) the probability of bee exposure to that pesticide; and (iii) the population ...
Risk Preferences Estimation for Small Raspberry Producers in the Bío-Bío Region, Chile
(Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA, 2008)
Impact of mining on the metal content of dust in indigenous villages of northern Chile
(2022)
Indigenous communities from northern Chile have historically been exposed to the impacts of massive copper industrial activities conducted in the region. Some of the communities belonging to the Alto El Loa Indigenous ...
Zoneamento das áreas de risco a inundação da área urbana de Itaqui-RS
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBRGeografiaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, 2012-08-31)
The aim of this study is to establish the location of the urban areas with risk of flood in Itaqui/RS, located at the edges of the Uruguai River in Western RS. To achieve this goal a data base of flooding was organized ...