Selected publications by the members of the GEO Health Community of Practice

2022

Integrated Forecasts Based on Public Health Surveillance and Meteorological Data Predict West Nile Virus in a High-Risk Region of North America. Environmental Health Perspectives. (M.C. Wimberly, J.K. Davis, M.B. Hildreth, J.L. Clayton)

Cloud-based Applications for Accessing Satellite Earth Observations to Support Malaria Early Warning. Scientific Data. (M.C. Wimberly, D.M. Nekorchuk, R.R. Kankanala)

Assessment of the Impact of Higher Temperatures Due to Climate Change on the Mortality Risk Indexes in Ecuador Until 2070. Frontiers in Earth Science. (M. Montenegro, L. Campozano, D. Urdiales-Flores, L. Maisincho, S. Serrano-Vincenti, M.J. Borbor-Cordova)

Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) Ensemble Distribution Modeling: Applications for Malaria Elimination. Insects. (C.G. Rhodes, J.R. Loaiza, L.M. Romero, J.M. Gutiérrez Alvarado, G. Delgado, O. Rojas Salas, M. Ramírez Rojas, C. Aguilar-Avendaño, E. Maynes, J.A. Valerín Cordero, A. Soto Mora, C.A. Rigg, A. Zardkoohi, M. Prado, M.D. Friberg, L.R. Bergmann, R. Marín Rodríguez, G.L. Hamer, L.F. Chaves)

Asymmetric Relationship between Ambient Air Temperature and Incidence of COVID-19 in the Human Population. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. (M. Usmani, Y. Jamal, M. Gangwar, B. Magers, J. Chaves-Gonzalez, C.-Y. Wu, R. Colwell, A. Jutla.

Climate Conditions during a Rift Valley Fever Post-epizootic Period in Free State, South Africa, 2014–2019. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. (A. Anyamba, R. Damoah, A. Kemp, J.L. Small, M.K. Rostal, W. Bagge, C. Cordel, R. Brand, W.B. Karesh, J.T. Paweska)

Scraping Unstructured Data to Explore the Relationship between Rainfall Anomalies and Vector-Borne Disease Outbreaks. IEEE Xplore. (E. Joseph, T. Munasinghe, H. Tubbs, B. Bishnoi, A. Anyamba)

Continental Patterns of Bird Migration Linked to Climate Variability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (A. Dezfuli, K. Horton, B. Zuckerberg, S. Schubert, M. Bosilovich)

Adding Satellite Data to Health Curricula. The Clinical Teacher. (H.J. Chapman, L.M. Judd)

Associations Between Eight Earth Observation-Derived Climate Variables and Enteropathogen Infection: An Independent Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Surveillance Studies With Broad Spectrum Nucleic Acid Diagnostics. GeoHealth. (J. M. Colston, B.F. Zaitchik, H.S. Badr, E. Burnett, S. Asad Ali, A. Rayamajhi, et al)

2021

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Potential Non-human Animal Reservoirs and Arthropod Vectors of the Mayaro Virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (M. Celone, B. Okech, B.A. Han, B.M. Forshey, A. Anyamba, J. Dunford, et al.)

Applying a One Health Approach in Global Health and Medicine: Enhancing Involvement of Medical Schools and Global Health Centers. Annals of Global Health. (C. Machalaba, J. Raufman, A. Anyamba, A. Berrian, F. Berthe, G. Gray, O. Jonas, et al.)

Satellite Observations and Malaria: New Opportunities for Research and Applications. Trends in Parasitology. (M. Wimberly, K. de Beurs, T. Loboda, W. Pan)

Rift Valley Fever and the Challenges of Remaining Fully Prepared for this Periodic Emergency. OIE Panorama Bulletin. (B. Dungu, A. Anyamba.

Modeling the Association between Aedes aegypti Ovitrap Egg Counts, Multi-scale Remotely Sensed Environmental Data and Arboviral Cases at Puntarenas, Costa Rica (2017–2018). Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases. (L.F. Chaves, J.A. Valerín Cordero, G. Delgado, C. Aguilar-Avendaño, E. Maynes, J.M. Gutiérrez Alvarado, et al.)

Aedes albopictus and Aedes flavopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Pre-imaginal Abundance Patterns are Associated with Different Environmental Factors along an Altitudinal Gradient. Current Research in Insect Science. (L.F. Chaves, M.D. Friberg)

Climate Predicts Geographic and Temporal Variation in Mosquito-borne Disease Dynamics on Two Continents. Nature Communications. (J.M. Caldwell, A.D. LaBeaud, E.F. Lambin, A.M. Stewart-Ibarra, B.A. Ndenga, F.M. Mutuku, et al.)

Surface and Satellite Observations of Air Pollution in India during COVID-19 Lockdown: Implication to Air Quality. Sustainable Cities and Society. (Y. Sathe, P. Gupta, M. Bawase, L. Lamsal, F. Patadia, S. Thipse)

2020

Strengthening the Global Health Response to Climate Change and Infectious Disease Threats. British Medical Journal. (J. Hess, L. Boodram, S. Paz, A.M. Stewart-Ibarra, J.N. Wasserheit, R. Lowe)

Synchrony of Globally Invasive Aedes spp. Immature Mosquitoes along an Urban Altitudinal Gradient in their Native Range. Science of the Total Environment. (L.F. Chaves, M.D. Friberg, K. Moji)

Reanalysis of the 2000 Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Southwestern Arabia. PLoS ONE. (C.J. Ticker, K.A. Melocik, A. Anyamba, K.J. Linthicum, S.F. Fagbo, J.L. Small)

Transdisciplinary Research Priorities for Human and Planetary Health in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (K.L. Ebi, F. Harris, G.B. Sioen, C. Wannous, A. Anyamba, P. Bi, et al.)

Farm-Level Risk Factors of Increased Abortion and Mortality in Domestic Ruminants during the 2010 Rift Valley Fever Outbreak in Central South Africa. Pathogens. (M.K. Rostal, S. Cleaveland, C. Cordel, L. Staden, L. Matthews, A. Anyamba, et al.)

Associations Between Dust Storms and Intensive Care Unit Admissions in the United States, 2000‐2015. GeoHealth. (C.S. Rublee, C.J. Sorensen, J. Lemery, T.J. Wade, E.A. Sams, E.D. Hilborn, J.L. Crooks)

Association Between Changes in Timing of Spring Onset and Asthma Hospitalization in Maryland. JAMA Network Open. (M.M. Sajadi, P. Habibzadeh, A. Vintzileos, S. Shokouhi, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, A. Amoroso)

Using Satellites to Track Indicators of Global Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts: Lessons Learned from a NASA‐supported Science‐stakeholder Collaborative. GeoHealth. (S.C. Anenberg, M. Bindl, M. Brauer, J.J. Castillo, S. Cavalieri, B.N. Duncan, et al.)

Pathogen-Specific Impacts of the 2011–2012 La Niña-Associated Floods on Enteric Infections in the MAL-ED Peru Cohort: A Comparative Interrupted Time Series Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (J. Colston, M. Paredes Olortegui, B. Zaitchik, P. Peñataro Yori, G. Kang, T. Ahmed, et al.)

Temperature, Humidity, and Latitude Analysis to Estimate Potential Spread and Seasonality of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). JAMA Network Open. (M.M. Sajadi, P. Habibzadeh, A. Vintzileos, S. Shokouhi, F. Miralles-Wilhelm, A. Amoroso)

Social Distancing is Effective at Mitigating COVID-19 Transmission in the United States. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. [In production; pre-print]. (H. Badr, H. Du, M. Marshall, E. Dong, M. Squire, L.M. Gardner)

A Framework for Research Linking Weather, Climate and COVID-19. Nature Communications. (B.F. Zaitchik, N. Sweijd, J. Shumake-Guillemot, A. Morse, C. Gordon, A. Marty, J. Trtanj, J. Luterbacher, J. Botai, S. Behera, Y. Lu, J. Olwoch, K. Takahashi, J.D. Stowell, X. Rodó)

2019

Landscape and Environmental Factors Influencing Stage Persistence and Abundance of the Bamboo Mosquito, Tripteroides bambusa (Diptera: Culicidae), across an Altitudinal Gradient. Insects. (L.F. Chaves, M.D. Friberg, J-Y Jian, K. Moji)

Methods, Availability, and Applications of PM2.5 Exposure Estimates derived from Ground Measurements, Satellite, and Atmospheric Models. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. (M. Diao, T. Holloway, S. Choi, S.M. O’Neill, M.Z. Al-Hamdan, A. Van Donkelaar, et al.)

Engaging with 'One Health' Audiences. The Clinical Teacher. (H.J. Chapman, B. Dunham)

Using Earth Observation Images to Inform Risk Assessment and Mapping of Climate Change-related Infectious Diseases. Canada Communicable Disease Report. (S.O Kotchi, C. Bouchard, A. Ludwig, E.E. Rees, S. Brazeau)

A Millennium-long Reconstruction of Damaging Hydrological Events across Italy. Scientific Reports. (N. Diodato, F.C. Ljungqvist, G. Bellocchi)

Predicting Geographical Variation in Health-related Quality of Life. Preventive Medicine. (P. Dwivedi, D. Huang, W. Yu, Q. Nguyen)

A Genetic Algorithm for Identifying Spatially-varying Environmental Drivers in a Malaria Time Series Model. Environmental Modelling & Software. (J.K. Davis, T. Gebrehiwot, M. Worku, W. Awoke, A. Mihretie, D. Nekorchuk, M.C. Wimberly)

HABscope: A Tool for Use by Citizen Scientists to Facilitate Early Warning of Respiratory Irritation caused by Toxic Blooms of Karenia brevis. PLoS ONE. (D.R. Hardison, W.C. Holland, R.D. Currier, B. Kirkpatrick, R. Stumpf, T. Fanara, D. Burris, A. Reich, G.J. Kirkpatrick, R.W. Litaker)

Social Media to Guide One Health Initiatives. The Clinical Teacher. (V.J. Animasahun, H.J. Chapman, B.K. Oyewole)

Use of Earth Observation-derived Hydrometeorological Variables to Model and Predict Rotavirus Infection (MAL-ED): A Multisite Cohort Study. Lancet Planetary Health. (J.M. Colston, B. Zaitchik, G. Kang, P. Peñataro Yori, T. Ahmed, A. Lima, et al.)

Associations between Alteration in Plant Phenology and Hay Fever Prevalence among US Adults: Implication for Changing Climate. PLoS ONE. (A. Sapkota, R. Murtugudde, F.C. Curriero, C.R. Upperman, L. Ziska, C. Jiang)

Reflection on Modern Methods: Years of Life Lost due to Premature Mortality—A Versatile and Comprehensive Measure for Monitoring Non-communicable Disease Mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology. (R. Martinez, P. Soliz, R. Caixeta, P. Ordunez)

Use of Geospatial Surveillance and Response Systems for Vector-borne Diseases in the Elimination Phase. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. (J.B. Malone, R. Bergquist, M. Martins, J.C. Luvall)

Incorporating the One Health Framework in Medical Education. Medical Teacher. (H.J. Chapman, S. Gupta) 

Relations between Air Pollution and Vascular Development in 5-year old Children: A Cross-sectional Study in the Netherlands. Environmental Health. (A.-M. Ntarladima, I. Vaartjes, D.E. Grobbee, M. Dijst, O. Schmitz, C. Uiterwaal, G. Dalmeijer, C. van der Ent, G. Hoek, D. Karssenberg)