Abstract

DIAZ-CELIS, Cesar Augusto; GUTIERREZ-LESMES, Oscar  and  CRUZ-ROA, Angel. IT platform for entomological surveillance of Aedes aegypti with crowdsourcing, Web GIS and mHealth. Entramado [online]. 2022, vol.18, n.2, e214.  Epub Oct 16, 2022. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.2.8639.

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is an anthropophilic species that has adapted to urban environments and it is the main vector of diseases such as dengue, Zika fever; Chikungunya disease and yellow fever; which represents a significant burden on the health system, especially in tropical countries where it is endemic. Properly exercising public health surveillance is essential for the prevention of these diseases through information systems. The purpose of this work is to provide an information technology (IT) platform, integrating open technologies Web GIS and mHealth for the entomological surveillance ofthe vector; based on crowdsourcing for the generation of infestation maps. A pilot was carried out with a focus group of 23 students from the epidemiology course, which allowed the registration of l20 elements in 55 reports at the Universidad de los Llanos for the automatic generation of 2l heatmaps of symptoms, mosquitoes and breeding sites, and a global infestation map. This work suggests a novel perspective of interaction and collaborative participation of the community with health authorities supported by IT

Keywords : Aedes aegypti; epidemiological monitoring; entomology; Dengue; yellow fever; Chikungunya fever; Zika fever; Geographical Information Systems; mobile applications; software.

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