Estimating and mapping the incidence of dengue and chikungunya in Honduras during 2015 using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Geographical information systems (GIS) use for development of epidemiological maps in dengue has been extensively used, however not in other emerging arboviral diseases, nor in Central America. Surveillance cases data (2015) were used to estimate annual incidence rates of dengue and chikungunya (cases/100,000 pop) to develop the first maps in the departments and municipalities of Honduras. The GIS software used was Kosmo Desktop 3.0RC1 (R). Four thematic maps were developed according departments, municipalities, diseases incidence rates. A total of 19,289 cases of dengue and 85,386 of chikungunya were reported (median, 726 cases/week for dengue and 1460 for chikungunya). Highest peaks were observed at weeks 25th and 27th, respectively. There was association between progression by weeks (p 37%, both). Use of GIS-based epidemiological maps allow to guide decisions-takingfor prevention and control of diseases that still represents significant issues in the region and the country, but also in emerging conditions. (C) 2016 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved.Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, ColombiaUniversidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, ColombiaUniv Nacl Autonoma Honduras, Dept Morphol Sci, Sch Med, Sci, Tegucigalpa, HondurasUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Cardiovasc Div, Dept Physiol, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Sao Paulo, BrazilHEU, Informat Management Unit, Tegucigalpa, HondurasUniv Nacl Autonoma Honduras, Sch Med Sci, Dept Publ Hlth, Tegucigalpa, HondurasMinist Publ Hlth Honduras SESAL, Hlth Surveillance Unit, Tegucigalpa, HondurasUniv San Sebastian, Fac Ciencias Salud, Escuela Kinesiol, Concepcion, ChileUniv Nacl Autonoma Honduras, Sch Med Sci, Tegucigalpa, HondurasUTP, Reg Informat Syst, Pereira, Risaralda, ColombiaUTP, Fac Hlth Sci, Res Grp Publ Hlth & Infect, Pereira, Risaralda, ColombiaColombian Assoc Infect Dis, Comm Zoonoses & Hemorrhag Fevers, Asociaci Colombiana Infectol, ACIN, Bogota, ColombiaWorking Grp Zoonoses, Int Soc Chemotherapy, Aberdeen, ScotlandOLFIS, Santander, SpainUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Cardiovasc Div, Dept Physiol, Escola Paulista Med UNIFESP EPM, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniversidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia: 5-15-5Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, ColombiaWeb of Scienc