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| Author(s): |
Patricia Marques Ferreira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2006-03-29 |
| Examining board members: |
Fernando Ferreira;
Marcos Amaku;
Marcelo Bahia Labruna;
Luiz Jacintho da Silva;
Luciano Martins Verdade
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| Advisor: | Fernando Ferreira |
| Abstract | |
Geoprocessing techniques and Landsat 7 - ETM+ images were used to identify suitable areas for the development of Amblyomma cajennense populations and the resulting risk of human infestation by that tick in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were calculated based on satellite images, and those data were later associated with horse density and a predictive model of spatial distribution of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) to build a multi-variant risk model. It was observed that the human population exposed to extremely unsuitable or unsuitable areas ranges from 70.14% to 96.16%. On the other hand, 0.04% to 15.23% of the human population is exposed to suitable or extremely suitable areas throughout the year. (AU) | |