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Spatiotemporal expansion of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China and model for risk prediction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human brucellosis imposes a heavy burden on the health and economy of endemic regions. Since 2011, China has reported at least 35,000 human brucellosis cases annually, with more than 90% of these cases reported in the northern. Given the alarmingly high incidence and variation in the geographical distribution of human brucellosis cases, there is an urgent need to decipher the causes of such variation in geographical distribution.

Method

We conducted a retrospective epidemiological study in Shaanxi Province from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2018 to investigate the association between meteorological factors and transmission of human brucellosis according to differences in geographical distribution and seasonal fluctuation in northwestern China for the first time.

Results

Human brucellosis cases were mainly distributed in the Shaanbei upland plateau before 2008 and then slowly extended towards the southern region with significant seasonal fluctuation. The results of quasi-Poisson generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) indicated that air temperature, sunshine duration, rainfall, relative humidity, and evaporation with maximum lag time within 7 months played crucial roles in the transmission of human brucellosis with seasonal fluctuation. Compared with the Shaanbei upland plateau, Guanzhong basin had more obvious fluctuations in the occurrence of human brucellosis due to changes in meteorological factors. Additionally, the established GAMM model showed high accuracy in predicting the occurrence of human brucellosis based on the meteorological factors.

Conclusion

These findings may be used to predict the seasonal fluctuations of human brucellosis and to develop reliable and cost-effective prevention strategies in Shaanxi Province and other areas with similar environmental conditions.

SUBMITTER: Yang Z

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7580622 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Spatiotemporal expansion of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China and model for risk prediction.

Yang Zurong Z Pang Miaomiao M Zhou Qingyang Q Song Shuxuan S Liang Weifeng W Chen Junjiang J Guo Tianci T Shao Zhongjun Z Liu Kun K

PeerJ 20201019

<h4>Background</h4>Human brucellosis imposes a heavy burden on the health and economy of endemic regions. Since 2011, China has reported at least 35,000 human brucellosis cases annually, with more than 90% of these cases reported in the northern. Given the alarmingly high incidence and variation in the geographical distribution of human brucellosis cases, there is an urgent need to decipher the causes of such variation in geographical distribution.<h4>Method</h4>We conducted a retrospective epid ...[more]

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Spatiotemporal expansion of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China and model for risk prediction.

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Spatiotemporal expansion of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China and model for risk prediction.

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