Risk Factors and Spatial Distribution of Canine Coccidioidomycosis in California, 2005-2013
| Autor: | Jane E. Sykes, Sharon E. Grayzel, Beatriz Martínez-López |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty Younger age 030106 microbiology Geographic Mapping Logistic regression California 03 medical and health sciences Dogs 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Epidemiology Animals Medicine Coccidioides Dog Diseases 030212 general & internal medicine Spatial Analysis Coccidioidomycosis General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology biology Potential risk business.industry Zoonosis General Medicine Medical teaching biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Valley fever Case-Control Studies Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 64:1110-1119 |
| ISSN: | 1865-1674 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/tbed.12475 |
| Popis: | Given the predisposition of dogs to coccidioidomycosis, identification of high-risk regions for coccidioidomycosis in dogs may improve early recognition of emerging human disease. We sought to identify risk factors for canine coccidioidomycosis and to produce a risk map for coccidioidomycosis occurrence. Forty-one dogs seen at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the University of California, Davis, between 2005 and 2013 with coccidioidomycosis were identified together with a control population of 79 dogs. Owners were surveyed about potential risk factors including younger age, digging behaviour, and travel to Arizona or the California central valley. Risk factors were analysed using logistic regression analysis. Outcomes were used to generate a risk map for coccidioidomycosis in California. There was a significant correlation between the reported rate of coccidioidomycosis in humans and our risk map for canine coccidioidomycosis in California, supporting the idea of dogs as sentinels for emerging geographic areas for coccidioidomycosis in humans. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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