2022
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14081-5
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Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa

Abstract: Disease mapping reveals geographical variability in incidence, which can help to prioritise control efforts. However, in areas where this is most needed, resources to generate the required data are often lacking. Participatory mapping, which makes use of indigenous knowledge, is a potential approach to identify risk areas for endemic diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Here we combine this method with Geographical Information System-based analyses of environmental variables as a novel approach to stu… Show more

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“…Environment affects site infectiousness and host encounters, as well as spatio-temporal patterns in when and where host mortality occurs. Infectious sites created during the wet season have higher spore concentrations than those formed in the dry season [ 23 ], and in Etosha, dry seasons and drought shift hosts out of the high-risk area into habitat with lower anthrax risk ([ 31 , 45 ]; but see patterns in Tanzania, [ 46 ]). Infectious patches formed during the dry season did not contribute any new cases and host behaviours under drought-simulated conditions (based on dry season behaviours) significantly decreased R compared to average to wetter conditions, patterns that match disease outbreak dynamics in this ecosystem [ 24 , 47 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Environment affects site infectiousness and host encounters, as well as spatio-temporal patterns in when and where host mortality occurs. Infectious sites created during the wet season have higher spore concentrations than those formed in the dry season [ 23 ], and in Etosha, dry seasons and drought shift hosts out of the high-risk area into habitat with lower anthrax risk ([ 31 , 45 ]; but see patterns in Tanzania, [ 46 ]). Infectious patches formed during the dry season did not contribute any new cases and host behaviours under drought-simulated conditions (based on dry season behaviours) significantly decreased R compared to average to wetter conditions, patterns that match disease outbreak dynamics in this ecosystem [ 24 , 47 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%