The Relationship between Japanese Encephalitis and Environmental Factors in China Explored Using National Surveillance Data.
Biomed Environ Sci
; 31(3): 227-232, 2018 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-29673445
ABSTRACT
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a serious public health issue. This study was undertaken to better understand the relationship between JE distribution and environmental factors in China. JE data from 2005 to 2010 were retrieved from National Notifiable Disease Report System. ArcGIS, remote sensing techniques, and R software was used to exhibit and explore the relationship between JE distribution and environmental factors. Our results indicated that JE cases were mostly concentrated in warm-temperate, semitropical and tropical zones with annual precipitation > 400 mm; Broad-leaved evergreen forest, shrubs, paddy field, irrigated land, dryland, evergreen coniferous forest, and shrubland were risk factors for JE occurrence, and the former five were risk factors for counties with high JE incidence. These findings will inform the effective allocation of limited health resources such as intensive vaccination, surveillance and training in areas with high environmental risk factors.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Encefalite Japonesa
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Meio Ambiente
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Monitoramento Epidemiológico
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomed Environ Sci
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
CHINA
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CN
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REPUBLIC OF CHINA