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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Modeling the spatial distribution of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever outbreaks in Turkey
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Volume 7, No. 4, Year 2007
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The more than 1100 human cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) reported in a continuing series of outbreaks that started in 2003 in Turkey constitute the largest epidemic of the disease since CCHF was first recognized in 1944. The spatial distribution of CCHF case reporting rates in Turkey was studied to look for clusters of disease. We applied the spatial scan analysis to test the hypothesis of whether there were areas with a higher than expected number of CCHF cases. The analysis was conducted through windows of 10, 20, 40 and 80 km in diameter[SR1] to determine whether clustering of cases was dependent on the size of the scanning window. At the largest window size, consistent patterns of significantly higher than expected numbers of CCHF cases were found in a total of 40 administrative districts. A predictive model to map the habitat suitability for the vector tick was developed from satellite-based climate data and high-resolution features of the vegetation from Landsat images covering the whole country. It was found that areas of higher risk (higher CCHF reporting) were correlated (p < 0.05) with zones of high climate suitability for the tick together with a high rate of fragmentation of agricultural land interspersed between forest and shrub-type vegetation. © 2007 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Estrada-Peña, Agustin
Spain, Zaragoza
Universidad de Zaragoza
Spain, Zaragoza
Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza
Zatansever, Zati
Turkey, Ankara
Ankara Üniversitesi
Gargili, Aysen
Turkey, Istanbul
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi
Aktaş, Münir
Turkey, Elazig
Firat Üniversitesi
Uzun, Ramazan
Turkey, Ankara
T.c. Sağlık Bakanlığı,
Ergönül, Önder
Turkey, Istanbul
Marmara Üniversitesi
Jongejan, Frans
Netherlands, Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Statistics
Citations: 85
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/vbz.2007.0134
ISSN:
15303667
Study Locations
Congo