Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China.
Echinococcosis, caused by genus Echinococcus, is the most pathogenic zoonotic parasitic disease in the world. In Tibet of the People's Republic of China, echinococcosis refers principally to two types of severe zoonosis, cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), which place a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:61a834ae2b1b4ec6a73370d3f2bb4a1b 2023-05-15T15:10:52+02:00 Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China. Tian Ma Dong Jiang Mengmeng Hao Peiwei Fan Shize Zhang Gongsang Quzhen ChuiZhao Xue Shuai Han WeiPing Wu Canjun Zheng Fangyu Ding 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009547 https://doaj.org/article/61a834ae2b1b4ec6a73370d3f2bb4a1b EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009547 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009547 https://doaj.org/article/61a834ae2b1b4ec6a73370d3f2bb4a1b PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e0009547 (2021) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009547 2022-12-31T13:48:05Z Echinococcosis, caused by genus Echinococcus, is the most pathogenic zoonotic parasitic disease in the world. In Tibet of the People's Republic of China, echinococcosis refers principally to two types of severe zoonosis, cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), which place a serious burden on public health and economy in the local community. However, research on the spatial epidemiology of echinococcosis remains inadequate in Tibet, China. Based on the recorded human echinococcosis data, maps of the spatial distribution of human CE and AE prevalence in Tibet were produced at city level and county level respectively, which show that the prevalence of echinococcosis in northern and western Tibet was much higher than that in other regions. We employ a geographical detector to explore the influencing factors for causing CE and AE while sorting information on the maps of disease prevalence and environment factors (e.g. terrain, population, and yak population). The results of our analysis showed that biological factors have the most impact on the prevalence of echinococcosis, of which the yak population contributes the most for CE, while the dog population contributes the most for AE. In addition, the interaction between various factors, as we found out, might further explain the disease prevalence, which indicated that the echinococcosis prevalence is not simply affected by one single factor, but by multiple factors that are correlated with each other complicatedly. Our results will provide an important reference for the evaluation of the echinococcosis risk, control projects, and prevention programs in Tibet. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15 7 e0009547 |
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Echinococcosis, caused by genus Echinococcus, is the most pathogenic zoonotic parasitic disease in the world. In Tibet of the People's Republic of China, echinococcosis refers principally to two types of severe zoonosis, cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), which place a serious burden on public health and economy in the local community. However, research on the spatial epidemiology of echinococcosis remains inadequate in Tibet, China. Based on the recorded human echinococcosis data, maps of the spatial distribution of human CE and AE prevalence in Tibet were produced at city level and county level respectively, which show that the prevalence of echinococcosis in northern and western Tibet was much higher than that in other regions. We employ a geographical detector to explore the influencing factors for causing CE and AE while sorting information on the maps of disease prevalence and environment factors (e.g. terrain, population, and yak population). The results of our analysis showed that biological factors have the most impact on the prevalence of echinococcosis, of which the yak population contributes the most for CE, while the dog population contributes the most for AE. In addition, the interaction between various factors, as we found out, might further explain the disease prevalence, which indicated that the echinococcosis prevalence is not simply affected by one single factor, but by multiple factors that are correlated with each other complicatedly. Our results will provide an important reference for the evaluation of the echinococcosis risk, control projects, and prevention programs in Tibet. |
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Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China. |
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Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China. |
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Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China. |
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Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China. |
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Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China. |
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geographical detector-based influence factors analysis for echinococcosis prevalence in tibet, china. |
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