ProMED Reports

Herman D. Tolentino

http://epispider.net/index.php

Keep up to date with the latest ProMED reports.

This KML enables you to keep up to date with the latest ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases) reports. The KML animates the last 90 days to show the latest reports and where they related to. Files such as this can prove useful in allowing those studying epidemiology to view trends, but also in creating public awareness of current health issues.

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Influenza Seasonality in Brazil

Origem Scientific Consultancy

http://www.origem.info

View a fascinating animation exploring influenza trends in Brazil.

In this KML, you can view a powerful visualiztion of influenza seasonality in Brazil. Using a variety of overlays and polygons, Wladimir J. Alonso and Andre Marra, from the Origem Scientific Consultancy have annotated data collected on top of the viewer, making available to us all the findings of studies into the circulation of influenza and pneumonia. Be sure to press the time animation play button (in the top of the view) to view the animation.

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Rabies Awareness

Jesse Blanton

http://www.worldrabiesday.org/index_en.php

Learn about the preparations for World Rabies Day on September 8, 2007.

Rabies is a serious viral zoonotic (an infectious disease transmittable from animal to human and vice-versa), that tragically is often fatal. On September 8, 2007 World Rabies Day will take place aiming to raise awareness of the disease and ways in which it can be prevented. In this file, explore where the events are taking place, read personal stories from those involved and learn about rabies statistics from around the world.

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Phylogeny of Avian Influenza

Andrew W. Hill

http://systbio.org/?q=node/184

View the evolutionary changes that have occured in avian influenza.

One of the major concerns for scientists studying avian influenza, or bird flu, is that the virus will mutate into a form that can be passed easily from human to human. Phylogeny is the study of the evolution amongst the related organisms. Andrew Hill has put together an animation showing the changes that have occured already in bird flu allowing you to visualize when and where these changes took place.

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Malaria Atlas Project

Malaria Atlas Project

http://www.map.ox.ac.uk

In this file, you can view information put together by the Malaria Atlas Project, a research project at Oxford University. Information dating back to the 1980's can be viewed, allowing a better geographical understanding of the places where Malaria is found.

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Tracking Dengue Fever in Singapore

SinGeo

http://www.singeo.com.sg

SinGeo has put together a very interesting geographical representation of Dengue Fever in Singapore. Through an animation, you can see where and when Dengue Fever has occured. Use the time slider at the top to control the animation settings from different days found in your Places panel. Please allow several moments for this file to load.

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Watch the Spread of Bird Flu

Declan Butler

http://declanbutler.info/blog/?p=58

Declan Butler, a senior reporter at Nature magazine has created an animated KML showing cases of avian influenza. Watch the spread from Asia to Europe and check out for example when the virus follows the border between Russia and Kazakhstan. Both human and animal cases can be viewed with each placemark in the animation, which provides information about the case.

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