Effect of environmental variables on incidence of tick-borne encephalitis, leptospirosis and tularaemia

0547932 - ÚBO 2022 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Hubálek, Zdeněk
Effect of environmental variables on incidence of tick-borne encephalitis, leptospirosis and tularaemia.
Central European Journal of Public Health. Roč. 29, č. 3 (2021), s. 187-190. ISSN 1210-7778. E-ISSN 1803-1048
Institutional support: RVO:68081766
Keywords : rodents * Czech Republic * Microtus arvalis * Flavivirus * Leptospira * Francisella * North Atlantic Oscillation * acorn crop
OECD category: Epidemiology
Impact factor: 1.154, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Limited access
http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a6116

OBJECTIVES: Potential effect of three environmental variables (population density of rodents, global weather in the form of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, and acorn crop) on human morbidity rate of three zoonoses: tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), leptospirosis and tularaemia were analysed in the Czech Republic for the period 1970-1990. METHODS: The Pearson's correlation analysis was used. RESULTS: The correlation analysis revealed that the significant factor for explaining annual morbidity rates of these zoonoses was the abundance of common voles (Microtus arvalis) in the current year (for leptospirosis) or in the previous calendar year (for TBE and tularaemia). CONCLUSIONS: The two other environmental variables tested (NAO index and acorn production) do not seem to play a significant role in these zoonoses in Central Europe.
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