caa a22 4500 606200363 CHVBK 20210128100943.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10653-014-9655-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10653-014-9655-y Assessment of changes of vector borne diseases with wetland characteristics using multivariate analysis [Elektronische Daten] [A. Sheela, S. Sarun, J. Justus, P. Vineetha, R. Sheeja] Vector borne diseases are a threat to human health. Little attention has been paid to the prevention of these diseases. We attempted to identify the significant wetland characteristics associated with the spread of chikungunya, dengue fever and malaria in Kerala, a tropical region of South West India using multivariate analyses (hierarchical cluster analysis, factor analysis and multiple regression). High/medium turbid coastal lagoons and inland water-logged wetlands with aquatic vegetation have significant effect on the incidence of chikungunya while dengue influenced by high turbid coastal beaches and malaria by medium turbid coastal beaches. The high turbidity in water is due to the urban waste discharge namely sewage, sullage and garbage from the densely populated cities and towns. The large extent of wetland is low land area favours the occurrence of vector borne diseases. Hence the provision of pollution control measures at source including soil erosion control measures is vital. The identification of vulnerable zones favouring the vector borne diseases will help the authorities to control pollution especially from urban areas and prevent these vector borne diseases. Future research should cover land use cover changes, climatic factors, seasonal variations in weather and pollution factors favouring the occurrence of vector borne diseases. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Wetlands nationallicence Vector borne disease nationallicence Multivariate analysis nationallicence Chikungunya nationallicence Dengue fever nationallicence Malaria nationallicence Sheela A. Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut Sarun S. United Nations Development Programme, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut Justus J. St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, India aut Vineetha P. Centre for Geoinformatics, Science and Technology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom P. O., Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut Sheeja R. Kerala State Remote Sensing Agency, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut Environmental Geochemistry and Health Springer Netherlands 37/2(2015-04-01), 391-410 0269-4042 37:2<391 2015 37 10653 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9655-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9655-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sheela A. Kerala State Pollution Control Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sarun S. United Nations Development Programme, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Justus J. St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vineetha P. Centre for Geoinformatics, Science and Technology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom P. O., Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sheeja R. Kerala State Remote Sensing Agency, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Geochemistry and Health Springer Netherlands 37/2(2015-04-01), 391-410 0269-4042 37:2<391 2015 37 10653