Spatial and seasonal determinants of Lyme borreliosis incidence in France, 2016 to 2021.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundLyme borreliosis (LB) is the most widespread hard tick-borne zoonosis in the northern hemisphere. Existing studies in Europe have focused mainly on acarological risk assessment, with few investigations exploring human LB occurrence.AimWe explored the determinants of spatial and seasonal LB variations in France from 2016 to 2021 by integrating environmental, animal, meteorological and anthropogenic factors, and then mapped seasonal LB risk predictions.MethodsWe fitted 2016-19 LB national surveillance data to a two-part spatio-temporal statistical model. Spatial and temporal random effects were specified using a Besag-York-Mollie model and a seasonal model, respectively. Coefficients were estimated in a Bayesian framework using integrated nested Laplace approximation. Data from 202

SUBMITTER: Fu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10283463 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature