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Peste des petits ruminants in China: Spatial risk analysis
Author(s) -
Ma Jun,
Gao Xiang,
Liu Boyang,
Chen Hao,
Xiao Jianhua,
Wang Hongbin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.13217
Subject(s) - outbreak , peste des petits ruminants , geography , veterinary medicine , china , cluster (spacecraft) , biology , ecology , demography , virology , medicine , archaeology , computer science , programming language , sociology
During the period spanning November 2013 to November 2018, 294 outbreak cases of PPR were diagnosed. Spatio‐temporal cluster analysis was performed to determine whether or not areas and time periods with significant aggregation of PPR outbreaks occurred. High‐risk areas for PPR outbreaks in China were detected using the presence‐only maximum entropy ecological niche model. The analysis identified three statistically significant disease clusters. Precipitation of driest month was identified as the most important predictor for PPRV occurrence.