Spatial Video and EpiExplorer: A Field Strategy to Contextualize Enteric Disease Risk in Slum Environments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design and Functionality
2.1. Input Module
2.2. Database Module
2.3. Exploration Module
3. Case Study: Spatio-Temporal Variations in FC Count
3.1. Data
3.2. Longitudinal Variation in FC Count
3.3. Micro-Scale Spatial Variation in FC Count
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
WPoint | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P4 | 5 | 0 | 3000 | 3790 | 100 | 690,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2120 | 0 |
S4 | 90 | 90 | 10 | 59,700 | 100 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 306 | 3000 | 2600 | 66 |
S17 | 10 | 100 | 0 | 460 | 3,868,250 | 890,000 | 209,800 | 98 | 855 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35,800,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P6 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 980 | 1900 | 370,000 | 1400 | 0 | 3000 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
M7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 6500 | 680,000 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3000 |
S3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1070 | 1000 | 0 | 770 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 192 | 18 |
P1 | 100 | 400 | 3000 | 1320 | 33,000 | 1,050,000 | 1530 | 46 | 1860 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
S18 | 10 | 390 | 330 | 2260 | 72,700 | 4400 | 179,000 | 0 | 940 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
S11 | 10 | 20 | 3000 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 1500 | 17 | 33 | 15 | 510 | 0 |
S9 | 10 | 0 | 130 | 3030 | 2600 | 200 | 1,300,000 | 0 | 219 | 3000 | 98 | 3 |
S2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5225 | 53,350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P5 | 300 | 0 | 1535 | 2155 | 100 | 0 | 1720 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 205 | 1 |
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Ajayakumar, J.; Curtis, A.J.; Rouzier, V.; Pape, J.W.; Bempah, S.; Alam, M.T.; Alam, M.M.; Rashid, M.H.; Ali, A.; Morris, J.G., Jr. Spatial Video and EpiExplorer: A Field Strategy to Contextualize Enteric Disease Risk in Slum Environments. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 8902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158902
Ajayakumar J, Curtis AJ, Rouzier V, Pape JW, Bempah S, Alam MT, Alam MM, Rashid MH, Ali A, Morris JG Jr. Spatial Video and EpiExplorer: A Field Strategy to Contextualize Enteric Disease Risk in Slum Environments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(15):8902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158902
Chicago/Turabian StyleAjayakumar, Jayakrishnan, Andrew J. Curtis, Vanessa Rouzier, Jean William Pape, Sandra Bempah, Meer Taifur Alam, Md. Mahbubul Alam, Mohammed H. Rashid, Afsar Ali, and John Glenn Morris, Jr. 2022. "Spatial Video and EpiExplorer: A Field Strategy to Contextualize Enteric Disease Risk in Slum Environments" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 15: 8902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19158902