Human activities predominate in determining changing incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Europe

0352770 - ÚBO 2011 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
Randolph, S. E. - Anda, P. - Avsic-Zupanc, T. - Bormane, A. - Egyed, L. - Ferenczi, E. - García-Pérez, A. L. - Gern, L. - Hubálek, Zdeněk - Kazimírová, M. - Kondrusik, M. - Pfister, K. - Rizzoli, A. - Vasilenko, V. - Vladimirescu, A. - Žygutiene, M.
Human activities predominate in determining changing incidence of tick-borne encephalitis in Europe.
Eurosurveillance. Roč. 15, č. 27 (2010), s. 24-31. ISSN 1025-496X. E-ISSN 1560-7917
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 10284 - EDEN
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : tick-borne encephalitis
Subject RIV: FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology
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Explanations for the dynamics of tick-borne disease systems usually focus on changes in the transmission potential in natural enzootic cycles. These are undoubtedly important, but recent analyses reveal that variation in human activities that may impact inadvertently but positively on both the enzootic cycles and the degree of human exposure to those cycles, provide more robust explanations for recent upsurges in tick-borne encephalitis in Europe. This can account for long-term increases in incidence, for small-scales spatial variation in incidence within a country, and for short-scale fluctuations such as annual spikes in incidence. The patterns of relevant human activities, typically those related to the use of forest resources, are evidently driven and/or constrained by the cultural and socio-economic circumstances of each population, resulting in contrasting national epidemiological outcomes.
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