Emerging human infectious diseases of aquatic origin: a comparative biogeographic approach using Bayesian spatial modelling.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:With the increase in unprecedented and unpredictable disease outbreaks due to human-driven environmental changes in recent years, we need new analytical tools to map and predict the spatial distribution of emerging infectious diseases and identify the biogeographic drivers underpinning their emergence. The aim of the study was to identify and compare the local and global biogeographic predictors such as landscape and climate that determine the spatial structure of leptospirosis and Buruli Ulcer (BU). METHODS:We obtained 232 hospital-confirmed leptospirosis (2007-2017) cases and 236 BU cases (1969-2017) in French Guiana. We performed non-spatial and spatial Bayesian regression modeling with landscape and climate predictor variables to characterize the spatial structure and the en

SUBMITTER: Jagadesh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6833193 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature