Modelling Spatiotemporal Patterns of Lyme Disease Emergence in Quebec.

ABSTRACT: Lyme disease is a growing public health problem in Québec. Its emergence over the last decade is caused by environmental and anthropological factors that favour the survival of Ixodes scapularis, the vector of Lyme disease transmission. The objective of this study was to estimate the speed and direction of human Lyme disease emergence in Québec and to identify spatiotemporal risk patterns. A surface trend analysis was conducted to estimate the speed and direction of its emergence based upon the first detected case of Lyme disease in each municipality in Québec since 2004. A cluster analysis was also conducted to identify at-risk regions across space and time. These analyses were reproduced for the date of disease onset and date of notification for each case of Lyme disease. It was estimate

SUBMITTER: Tutt-Guerette MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470240 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature