Comparing the Climatic and Landscape Risk Factors for Lyme Disease Cases in the Upper Midwest and Northeast United States
| Autor: | Yuting Dong, Yingying X. G. Wang, Yang La, Zheng Y. X. Huang, Yong Zhang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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ympäristötekijät Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Climate 030231 tropical medicine lcsh:Medicine Environment Forests maisema Article Midwestern United States metsätyypit 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Lyme disease New England Risk Factors Lymen borrelioosi medicine Animals Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Borrelia burgdorferi climate forest fragmentation Lyme Disease biology Ixodes paikallisilmasto Incidence (epidemiology) lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Climatic variables medicine.disease biology.organism_classification bacterial infections and mycoses LYME Borrelia-bakteerit Deciduous Geography borrelioosi Ixodes scapularis Spatial ecology Linear Models Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 5 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 5, p 1548 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | Lyme disease, recognized as one of the most important vector-borne diseases worldwide, has been increasing in incidence and spatial extend in United States. In the Northeast and Upper Midwest, Lyme disease is transmitted by Ixodes scapularis. Currently, many studies have been conducted to identify factors influencing Lyme disease risk in the Northeast, however, relatively few studies focused on the Upper Midwest. In this study, we explored and compared the climatic and landscape factors that shape the spatial patterns of human Lyme cases in these two regions, using the generalized linear mixed models. Our results showed that climatic variables generally had opposite correlations with Lyme disease risk, while landscape factors usually had similar effects in these two regions. High precipitation and low temperature were correlated with high Lyme disease risk in the Upper Midwest, while with low Lyme disease risk in the Northeast. In both regions, size and fragmentation related factors of residential area showed positive correlations with Lyme disease risk. Deciduous forests and evergreen forests had opposite effects on Lyme disease risk, but the effects were consistent between two regions. In general, this study provides new insight into understanding the differences of risk factors of human Lyme disease risk in these two regions. |
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