Human Mobility Associated With Risk of Schistosoma japonicum Infection in Sichuan, China.

ABSTRACT: Urbanization increases human mobility in ways that can alter the transmission of classically rural, vector-borne diseases like schistosomiasis. The impact of human mobility on individual-level Schistosoma risk is poorly characterized. Travel outside endemic areas may protect against infection by reducing exposure opportunities, whereas travel to other endemic regions may increase risk. Using detailed monthly travel- and water-contact surveys from 27 rural communities in Sichuan, China, in 2008, we aimed to describe human mobility and to identify mobility-related predictors of S. japonicum infection. Candidate predictors included timing, frequency, distance, duration, and purpose of recent travel as well as water-contact measures. Random forests machine learning was used to detect key predi

SUBMITTER: Buchwald AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8245870 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature