Modelling zoonotic diseases in humans: comparison of methods for hantavirus in Sweden
Because their distribution usually depends on the presence of more than one species, modelling zoonotic diseases in humans differs from modelling individual species distribution even though the data are similar in nature. Three approaches can be used to model spatial distributions recorded by points...
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ftunivlouvain:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:127802 2024-05-19T07:46:09+00:00 Modelling zoonotic diseases in humans: comparison of methods for hantavirus in Sweden Zeimes, Caroline Olsson, G.E. Ahlm, C. Vanwambeke, Sophie UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/127802 https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-11-39 eng eng boreal:127802 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/127802 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-11-39 urn:ISSN:1476-072X info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess International Journal of Health Geographics, Vol. 11 (2012) Ecological modeling Clethrionomys glareolus Hantavirus Puumala virus Infectious disease Infectivity Model validation Numerical model Regression analysis Spatial distribution Virus Europe info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2012 ftunivlouvain https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-11-39 2024-04-24T01:38:40Z Because their distribution usually depends on the presence of more than one species, modelling zoonotic diseases in humans differs from modelling individual species distribution even though the data are similar in nature. Three approaches can be used to model spatial distributions recorded by points: based on presence/absence, presence/available or presence data. Here, we compared one or two of several existing methods for each of these approaches.Human cases of hantavirus infection reported by place of infection between 1991 and 1998 in Sweden were used as a case study. Puumala virus (PUUV), the most common hantavirus in Europe, circulates among bank voles (Myodes glareolus). In northern Sweden, it causes nephropathia epidemica (NE) in humans, a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.Logistic binomial regression and boosted regression trees were used to model presence and absence data. Presence and available sites (where the disease may occur) were modelled using cross-validated logistic regression. Finally, the ecological niche model MaxEnt, based on presence-only data, was used.In our study, logistic regression had the best predictive power, followed by boosted regression trees, MaxEnt and cross-validated logistic regression. It is also the most statistically reliable but requires absence data. The cross-validated method partly avoids the issue of absence data but requires fastidious calculations. MaxEnt accounts for non-linear responses but the estimators can be complex. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are reviewed. © 2012 Zeimes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden DIAL@UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain) International Journal of Health Geographics 11 1 39 |
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Because their distribution usually depends on the presence of more than one species, modelling zoonotic diseases in humans differs from modelling individual species distribution even though the data are similar in nature. Three approaches can be used to model spatial distributions recorded by points: based on presence/absence, presence/available or presence data. Here, we compared one or two of several existing methods for each of these approaches.Human cases of hantavirus infection reported by place of infection between 1991 and 1998 in Sweden were used as a case study. Puumala virus (PUUV), the most common hantavirus in Europe, circulates among bank voles (Myodes glareolus). In northern Sweden, it causes nephropathia epidemica (NE) in humans, a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.Logistic binomial regression and boosted regression trees were used to model presence and absence data. Presence and available sites (where the disease may occur) were modelled using cross-validated logistic regression. Finally, the ecological niche model MaxEnt, based on presence-only data, was used.In our study, logistic regression had the best predictive power, followed by boosted regression trees, MaxEnt and cross-validated logistic regression. It is also the most statistically reliable but requires absence data. The cross-validated method partly avoids the issue of absence data but requires fastidious calculations. MaxEnt accounts for non-linear responses but the estimators can be complex. The advantages and disadvantages of each method are reviewed. © 2012 Zeimes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
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Modelling zoonotic diseases in humans: comparison of methods for hantavirus in Sweden |
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Modelling zoonotic diseases in humans: comparison of methods for hantavirus in Sweden |
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