Human Q fever incidence is associated to spatiotemporal environmental conditions.

ABSTRACT: Airborne pathogenic transmission from sources to humans is characterised by atmospheric dispersion and influence of environmental conditions on deposition and reaerosolisation. We applied a One Health approach using human, veterinary and environmental data regarding the 2009 epidemic in The Netherlands, and investigated whether observed human Q fever incidence rates were correlated to environmental risk factors. We identified 158 putative sources (dairy goat and sheep farms) and included 2339 human cases. We performed a high-resolution (1 × 1 km) zero-inflated regression analysis to predict incidence rates by Coxiella burnetii concentration (using an atmospheric dispersion model and meteorological data), and environmental factors - including vegetation density, soil moisture, soil e

SUBMITTER: Van Leuken JPG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5441340 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature