Urban villages as transfer stations for dengue fever epidemic: A case study in the Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous urban villages (UVs) and frequent infectious disease outbreaks are major environmental and public health concerns in highly urbanized regions, especially in developing countries. However, the spatial and quantitative associations between UVs and infections remain little understood on a fine scale.

Methodology and principal findings

In this study, the relationships between reported dengue fever (DF) epidemics during 2012-2017, gross domestic product (GDP), the traffic system (road density, bus and/or subway stations), and UVs derived from high-resolution remotely sensed imagery in the central area of Guangzhou, were explored using geographically weighted regression (GWR) models based on a 1 km × 1 km grid scale. Accounting for 16.53%-18.07% of residential

SUBMITTER: Ren H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6504109 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature