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Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease, causing thousands of deaths among children in China over the past two decades. Environmental risk factors such as meteorological factors, population factors and economic factors may affect the incidence of HFMD. In the current paper...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24662999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110303407 |
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author | Huang, Jixia Wang, Jinfeng Bo, Yanchen Xu, Chengdong Hu, Maogui Huang, Dacang |
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description | Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease, causing thousands of deaths among children in China over the past two decades. Environmental risk factors such as meteorological factors, population factors and economic factors may affect the incidence of HFMD. In the current paper, we used a novel model—geographical detector technique to analyze the effect of these factors on the incidence of HFMD in China. We collected HFMD cases from 2,309 counties during May 2008 in China. The monthly cumulative incidence of HFMD was calculated for children aged 0–9 years. Potential risk factors included meteorological factors, economic factors, and population density factors. Four geographical detectors (risk detector, factor detector, ecological detector, and interaction detector) were used to analyze the effects of some potential risk factors on the incidence of HFMD in China. We found that tertiary industry and children exert more influence than first industry and middle school students on the incidence of HFMD. The interactive effect of any two risk factors increases the hazard for HFMD transmission. |
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spelling | pubmed-39870412014-04-15 Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique Huang, Jixia Wang, Jinfeng Bo, Yanchen Xu, Chengdong Hu, Maogui Huang, Dacang Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease, causing thousands of deaths among children in China over the past two decades. Environmental risk factors such as meteorological factors, population factors and economic factors may affect the incidence of HFMD. In the current paper, we used a novel model—geographical detector technique to analyze the effect of these factors on the incidence of HFMD in China. We collected HFMD cases from 2,309 counties during May 2008 in China. The monthly cumulative incidence of HFMD was calculated for children aged 0–9 years. Potential risk factors included meteorological factors, economic factors, and population density factors. Four geographical detectors (risk detector, factor detector, ecological detector, and interaction detector) were used to analyze the effects of some potential risk factors on the incidence of HFMD in China. We found that tertiary industry and children exert more influence than first industry and middle school students on the incidence of HFMD. The interactive effect of any two risk factors increases the hazard for HFMD transmission. MDPI 2014-03-21 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3987041/ /pubmed/24662999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110303407 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Huang, Jixia Wang, Jinfeng Bo, Yanchen Xu, Chengdong Hu, Maogui Huang, Dacang Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique |
title | Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique |
title_full | Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique |
title_fullStr | Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique |
title_full_unstemmed | Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique |
title_short | Identification of Health Risks of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China Using the Geographical Detector Technique |
title_sort | identification of health risks of hand, foot and mouth disease in china using the geographical detector technique |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987041/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24662999 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110303407 |
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