The spatiotemporal expansion of human rabies and its probable explanation in mainland China, 2004-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human rabies is a significant public health concern in mainland China. However, the neglect of rabies expansion and scarce analyses of the dynamics have made the spatiotemporal spread pattern of human rabies and its determinants being poorly understood.

Methods

We collected geographic locations and timeline of reported human rabies cases, rabies sequences and socioeconomic variables for the years 2004-2013, and integrated multidisciplinary approaches, including epidemiological characterization, hotspots identification, risk factors analysis and phylogeographic inference, to explore the spread pattern of human rabies in mainland China during the last decade.

Results

The results show that human rabies distribution and hotspots were expanding from southeastern

SUBMITTER: Yao HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4334667 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature