• Journal of Geo-information Science
  • Vol. 22, Issue 5, 1142 (2020)
Lingli ZHU1、1、2、2, Hongyan REN1、1、*, Feng DING2、2, Liang LU3、3, Sijia WU1、1、2、2, and Cheng CUI1、1、4、4
Author Affiliations
  • 1.中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 资源与环境信息系统国家重点实验室,北京 100101
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2.福建师范大学地理科学学院, 福州 350007
  • 2College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China
  • 3.中国疾病预防控制中心传染病预防控制所 媒介生物控制室传染病预防控制国家重点实验室,北京 102206
  • 3State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Department of Vector Biology and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
  • 4.中国科学院大学资源与环境学院,北京 100190
  • 4College of Resources and Environment, University of Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 , China
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    DOI: 10.12082/dqxxkx.2020.190420 Cite this Article
    Lingli ZHU, Hongyan REN, Feng DING, Liang LU, Sijia WU, Cheng CUI. Spatiotemporal Variations and Influencing Factors of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Shaanxi Province[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2020, 22(5): 1142 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne endemic disease caused by Hantavirus, which poses an increasingly serious threat to public health, especially in China. In this country, Shaanxi Province is one of the top regions with the highest HFRS incidence in the past years. It is of great importance to explore the potential influences on the spatiotemporal variations of HFRS epidemics across this province, which would provide useful clues for local authorities making targeted interventions on this disease.The county-level HFRS incidence rates during 2005-2017, as well as some potential natural and socioeconomic variables, were collected and analyzed by using spatial auto-correlation and hot-spot analysis tools as well as a Geodetector tool to explore the spatiotemporal relationships between the incidence rates and the potential variables. The HFRS epidemics in Shaanxi Province were obviously higher than the national level and presented clear temporal fluctuation and spatial clustering at the county scale. More than 90% of the counties with relatively high HFRS incidence rates concentrated in the Guanzhong Plain where obvious spatial heterogeneity was also observed. Some variables including the percentage of plain area and construction land, and population density separately accounted for about 20% of spatial variations of the county-level epidemic across the whole province. By comparison, the spatial pattern of this epidemic in the Guanzhong Plain with no obvious socioeconomic differences was mainly affected by precipitation, normalized difference vegetation index, and land-use types. Thus, the Guanzhong Plain with both spatially clustering higher incidence rates and obviously differentiated natural and socioeconomic conditions was the crucial region of the HFRS prevalence across Shaanxi Province. We suggest that precipitation, vegetation conditions, and land-use types should be heavily considered by local authorities for making effective interventions on this disease across Shaanxi Province, especially in the Guanzhong Plain with relatively high land urbanization and population density.
    Lingli ZHU, Hongyan REN, Feng DING, Liang LU, Sijia WU, Cheng CUI. Spatiotemporal Variations and Influencing Factors of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Shaanxi Province[J]. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2020, 22(5): 1142
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