How meteorological factors impacting on scrub typhus incidences in the main epidemic areas of 10 provinces, China, 2006-2018.

ABSTRACT: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a serious public health problem in the Asia-Pacific region, threatening the health of more than one billion people. China is one of the countries with the most serious disease burden of scrub typhus. Previous epidemiological evidence indicated that meteorological factors may affect the incidence of scrub typhus, but there was limited evidence for the correlation between local natural environment factors dominated by meteorological factors and scrub typhus. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between monthly scrub typhus incidence and meteorological factors in areas with high scrub typhus prevalence using a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). The monthly data on scrub typhus cases in ten provinces from 2006 to 2018 and

SUBMITTER: Luo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9628745 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature