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- Title
Landscape elements and Hantaan virus-related hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, People's Republic of China.
- Authors
Lei Yan; Li-Qun Fang; Hua-Guo Huang; Long-Qi Zhang; Dan Feng; Wen-Juan Zhao; Wen-Yi Zhang; Xiao-Wen Li; Wu-Chun Cao; Yan, Lei; Fang, Li-Qun; Huang, Hua-Guo; Zhang, Long-Qi; Feng, Dan; Zhao, Wen-Juan; Zhang, Wen-Yi; Li, Xiao-Wen; Cao, Wu-Chun
- Abstract
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an important public health problem in the People's Republic of China, accounting for 90% of human cases reported globally. In this study, a landscape epidemiologic approach, combined with geographic information system and remote sensing techniques, was applied to increase our understanding of HFRS due to Hantaan virus and its relationship with landscape elements in China. The landscape elements considered were elevation, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), precipitation, annual cumulative air temperature, land surface temperature, soil type, and land use. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that HFRS incidence was remarkably associated with elevation, NDVI, precipitation, annual cumulative air temperature, semihydromorphic soils, timber forests, and orchards. These findings have important applications for targeting HFRS interventions in mainland China.
- Subjects
CHINA; HEMORRHAGIC fever with renal syndrome; PUBLIC health; LANDSCAPES; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; REMOTE sensing; VEGETATION &; climate
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 9, p1301
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1309.061481