Rapid identification of shallow inundation for mosquito disease mitigation using drone-derived multispectral imagery

Sarira, Tasya Vadya; Clarke, Kenneth; Weinstein, Philip; Koh, Lian Pin; Lewis, Mervyn K.

doi:10.4081/gh.2020.851

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“…This is particularly the case in areas with COVID-19 cases, where health personnel should not be in contact with inhabitants [15,32]. Currently, evidence of drone effectiveness for identifying mosquito breeding sites is scarce, and it is based on Anopheles mosquitos in rural or semirural areas, and in areas with more extensive and different landscapes [33,34].…”

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Field Effectiveness of Drones to Identify Potential Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites in Household Environments from Tapachula, a Dengue-Endemic City in Southern Mexico

Valdez-Delgado

Moo‐Llanes

Danis‐Lozano

et al. 2021

Insects

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Aedes aegypti control programs require more sensitive tools in order to survey domestic and peridomestic larval habitats for dengue and other arbovirus prevention areas. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, field technicians have faced a new occupational hazard during their work activities in dengue surveillance and control. Safer strategies to monitor larval populations, in addition to minimum householder contact, are undoubtedly urgently needed. Drones can be part of the solution in urban and rural areas that are dengue-endemic. Throughout this study, the proportion of larvae breeding sites found in the roofs and backyards of houses were assessed using drone images. Concurrently, the traditional ground field technician’s surveillance was utilized to sample the same house groups. The results were analyzed in order to compare the effectiveness of both field surveillance approaches. Aerial images of 216 houses from El Vergel village in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, at a height of 30 m, were obtained using a drone. Each household was sampled indoors and outdoors by vector control personnel targeting all the containers that potentially served as Aedes aegypti breeding sites. The main results were that the drone could find 1 container per 2.8 found by ground surveillance; however, containers that were inaccessible by technicians in roofs and backyards, such as plastic buckets and tubs, disposable plastic containers and flowerpots were more often detected by drones than traditional ground surveillance. This new technological approach would undoubtedly improve the surveillance of Aedes aegypti in household environments, and better vector control activities would therefore be achieved in dengue-endemic countries.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Field Effectiveness of Drones to Identify Potential Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites in Household Environments from Tapachula, a Dengue-Endemic City in Southern Mexico

Valdez-Delgado

Moo‐Llanes

Danis‐Lozano

et al. 2021

Insects

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“…UAVs are multipurpose platforms to which a variety of sensory equipment can be mounted. Based on user preference, UAVs can utilize passive sensors that capture reflected rays of electromagnetic radiation such as thermal, near infrared or visible spectrum, or combinations thereof in hyperspectral cameras [27,34,35]. Additionally, these systems may incorporate active sensors, such as radar or lidar which characterize the three-dimensional structure of terrain and vegetation.…”

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Unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and control of vectors of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

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Malone

et al. 2023

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The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has expanded rapidly in ecological conservation and agriculture, with a growing literature describing their potential applications in global health efforts including vector control. Vector-borne diseases carry severe public health and economic impacts to over half of the global population yet conventional approaches to the surveillance and treatment of vector habitats is typically laborious and slow. The high mobility of UAVs allows them to reach remote areas that might otherwise be inaccessible to ground-based teams. Given the rapidly expanding examples of these tools in vector control programmes, there is a need to establish the current knowledge base of applications for UAVs in this context and assess the strengths and challenges compared to conventional methodologies. This review aims to summarize the currently available knowledge on the capabilities of UAVs in both malaria control and in vector control more broadly in cases where the technology could be readily adapted to malaria vectors. This review will cover the current use of UAVs in vector habitat surveillance and deployment of control payloads, in comparison with their existing conventional approaches. Finally, this review will highlight the logistical and regulatory challenges in scaling up the use of UAVs in malaria control programmes and highlight potential future developments. Graphical Abstract

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“…Technological improvements [154] Monitoring the batimetry and the surface area of reservoirs Improvements in understanding and monitoring the water reservoirs. N/A [155] Restoration of freshwater inflows for wetlands…”

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The Role of UAS–GIS in Digital Era Governance. A Systematic Literature Review

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UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) technologies, also known as UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), drones, or Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) and GIS (Geographic Information System) are recognised for the value of the results that can be achieved by their combined use. However, their use and the results achieved are rarely framed within the context of Digital Era Governance (DEG), an undertaking that would significantly reduce the capabilities of knowledge transfer from the academic and/or private environment to the public domain. The purpose of this study was to highlight, by a bibliometric analysis, the areas of proposed use of this team of tools and the extent to which these can enter the sphere of interest of public administrations, especially local ones. From a methodological point of view, based on the 439 articles filtered from the Web of Science database where UAS/UAV and GIS technologies were used, several bibliometric analyses have emerged. VOSviewer and R (Bibliometrix tool) were used to conduct the bibliometric analyses. Most scientific publications that used UAV technology as a working tool have predominant applicability in photogrammetry, while GIS applications are found in publications dedicated to image processing, landslides, and cultural and archaeological heritage. We point out that from the point of view of international cooperation, at the level of institutions or countries, certain international organisations from the USA, China, and the central and northern European states have a high interest in this topic, and a low cooperation between academia and public administration is exhibited. The conclusion is represented by the apparent lack of framing of the results of UAS–GIS technologies usage into wider and more topical contexts, such as digital era governance, and also a reduced applicability of the research results.

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Rapid identification of shallow inundation for mosquito disease mitigation using drone-derived multispectral imagery

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

Field Effectiveness of Drones to Identify Potential Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites in Household Environments from Tapachula, a Dengue-Endemic City in Southern Mexico

Field Effectiveness of Drones to Identify Potential Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites in Household Environments from Tapachula, a Dengue-Endemic City in Southern Mexico

Unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and control of vectors of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

The Role of UAS–GIS in Digital Era Governance. A Systematic Literature Review

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