Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China.
OBJECTIVES:We aimed to evaluate the relationships between climate variability, animal reservoirs and scrub typhus incidence in Southern China. METHODS:We obtained data on scrub typhus cases in Guangzhou every month from 2006 to 2014 from the Chinese communicable disease network. Time-series Poisson...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8bd15f08f5fa40a6a4db5a9ebf1f57dc 2023-05-15T15:05:09+02:00 Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China. Yuehong Wei Yong Huang Xiaoning Li Yu Ma Xia Tao Xinwei Wu Zhicong Yang 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005447 https://doaj.org/article/8bd15f08f5fa40a6a4db5a9ebf1f57dc EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5358896?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005447 https://doaj.org/article/8bd15f08f5fa40a6a4db5a9ebf1f57dc PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 3, p e0005447 (2017) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005447 2022-12-31T15:05:25Z OBJECTIVES:We aimed to evaluate the relationships between climate variability, animal reservoirs and scrub typhus incidence in Southern China. METHODS:We obtained data on scrub typhus cases in Guangzhou every month from 2006 to 2014 from the Chinese communicable disease network. Time-series Poisson regression models and distributed lag nonlinear models (DLNM) were used to evaluate the relationship between risk factors and scrub typhus. RESULTS:Wavelet analysis found the incidence of scrub typhus cycled with a period of approximately 8-12 months and long-term trends with a period of approximately 24-36 months. The DLNM model shows that relative humidity, rainfall, DTR, MEI and rodent density were associated with the incidence of scrub typhus. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that the incidence scrub typhus has two main temporal cycles. Determining the reason for this trend and how it can be used for disease control and prevention requires additional research. The transmission of scrub typhus is highly dependent on climate factors and rodent density, both of which should be considered in prevention and control strategies for scrub typhus. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 3 e0005447 |
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OBJECTIVES:We aimed to evaluate the relationships between climate variability, animal reservoirs and scrub typhus incidence in Southern China. METHODS:We obtained data on scrub typhus cases in Guangzhou every month from 2006 to 2014 from the Chinese communicable disease network. Time-series Poisson regression models and distributed lag nonlinear models (DLNM) were used to evaluate the relationship between risk factors and scrub typhus. RESULTS:Wavelet analysis found the incidence of scrub typhus cycled with a period of approximately 8-12 months and long-term trends with a period of approximately 24-36 months. The DLNM model shows that relative humidity, rainfall, DTR, MEI and rodent density were associated with the incidence of scrub typhus. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that the incidence scrub typhus has two main temporal cycles. Determining the reason for this trend and how it can be used for disease control and prevention requires additional research. The transmission of scrub typhus is highly dependent on climate factors and rodent density, both of which should be considered in prevention and control strategies for scrub typhus. |
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Yuehong Wei Yong Huang Xiaoning Li Yu Ma Xia Tao Xinwei Wu Zhicong Yang |
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Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China. |
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Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China. |
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Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China. |
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Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China. |
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Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China. |
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climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in southern china. |
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