Exploratory study on the spatial relationship between emerging infectious diseases and urban characteristics: Cases from Korea

Autor: Dong-Hyun Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
Disease prevention
EID
emerging infectious diseases
VRSA
vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Geography
Planning and Development
MERS
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
0211 other engineering and technologies
Exploratory research
Transportation
LL
Low-Low
02 engineering and technology
Disease
010501 environmental sciences
HH
High-High
01 natural sciences
LISA
Local Indicators of Spatial Association
Article
VRE
vancomycin-resistant enterococci
SFTS
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
MRPA
multidrug-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa
CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
SARS
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Environmental health
Urbanization
medicine
021108 energy
HL
High-Low
Socioeconomic status
Spatial analysis
LH
Low-High
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Civil and Structural Engineering
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
Public health
CRE
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
MRSA
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MOHW
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Outbreak
Social-ecology
Exploratory spatial data analysis
Geography
HFRS
haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
Infectious diseases
Zdroj: Sustainable Cities and Society
ISSN: 2210-6715
2210-6707
Popis: Highlights • Spatial correlations of emerging infectious diseases were examined. • Urban characteristics factors differently affected each EID group. • Socio-economic status, environment, and government response are important factors. • Factors for new and other infectious diseases vary, particularly ecological factors.
In the modern global context of interconnected populations, the recent emergence of infectious diseases involves complex interactions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the spatial correlations between urban characteristics, taking into account the socio-ecological aspects, and the emergence of infectious diseases. Using exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial regression between the infectious disease emergence data and 14 urban characteristics, we analyzed 225 spatial units in South Korea, where there was a re-emergence of measles and a 2015 outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. As results of exploratory spatial data analysis, the emerging infectious diseases had spatial dependence and showed spatial clusters. Spatial regression models showed that urban characteristic factors had different effects according to the type of infectious disease. Common factors were characteristics related to low socioeconomic status in water or food-borne diseases and manageable infectious diseases. Intermittent infections disease epidemics are related to high-quality residential environments and the response capacity of the local government. New infectious diseases are different than other infectious diseases, which are related to the ecological environment. This study suggests spatial policies for preventing infectious diseases considering the spatial relationships between urban characteristics and infectious diseases as well as the management of public health.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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