The spatial-temporal risk profiling of Clonorchis sinensis infection over 50 years implies the effectiveness of control programs in South Korea: a geostatistical modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past 50 years, two national control programs on Clonorchis sinensis infection have been conducted in South Korea. Spatial-temporal profiles of infection risk provide useful information on assessing the effectiveness of the programs and planning spatial-targeted control strategies.

Methods

Advanced Bayesian geostatistical joint models with spatial-temporal random effects were developed to analyze disease data collecting by a systematic review with potential influencing factors, and to handle issues of preferential sampling and data heterogeneities. Changes of the infection risk were analyzed.

Findings

We presented the first spatial-temporal risk maps of C. sinensis infection at 5 × 5 km² resolution from 1970 to 2020 in South

SUBMITTER: Xiao HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932111 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature