New publication - ARBOCARTO 3 project report

Following a request from the Direction Générale de la Santé to continue developing the ARBOCARTO tool, the ARBOCARTO team has just produced version 3, the subject of this report, which now includes a module for calculating the basic reproduction rate (R0) for dengue virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.

The R0 maps produced by Arbocarto-v3 on different test sites show a good correspondance between the simulated R0 index to observed spatial and temporal trends. These R0 maps provide additional information for public health stakeholders, complementing other health data in the decision-making process. In addition, during the project, Arbocarto technical documentation was updated and data sets were produced for the different test sites. Two training sessions on the ARBOCARTO-V3 software were organized in Martinique and Montpellier, with a total of 38 participants. These user workshops also provided an opportunity to exchange views on the various uses of the tool and the desired developments. Finally, a number of communication initiatives were carried out.

Castets Mathieu, Demarchi Marie, Marti Renaud, Tran Annelise. 2023. Arbocarto-V3-Rapport final. Montpellier : CIRAD-ES-UMR TETIS, 32 p (in French). https://agritrop.cirad.fr/605481/

Published: 01/07/2023