Changing patterns of human anthrax in Azerbaijan during the post-Soviet and preemptive livestock vaccination eras.

ABSTRACT: We assessed spatial and temporal changes in the occurrence of human anthrax in Azerbaijan during 1984 through 2010. Data on livestock outbreaks, vaccination efforts, and human anthrax incidence during Soviet governance, post-Soviet governance, preemptive livestock vaccination were analyzed. To evaluate changes in the spatio-temporal distribution of anthrax, we used a combination of spatial analysis, cluster detection, and weighted least squares segmented regression. Results indicated an annual percent change in incidence of (+)11.95% from 1984 to 1995 followed by declining rate of -35.24% after the initiation of livestock vaccination in 1996. Our findings also revealed geographic variation in the spatial distribution of reporting; cases were primarily concentrated in the west early in the

SUBMITTER: Kracalik I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4102439 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature