Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a common infectious disease that is endemic in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the spatial autocorrelation of VL in the northwest of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, the data of all patients were collected in 2009–2017 and analyzed by SPSS23 and Moran's...

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Autores principales: Adham, Davoud, Moradi-Asl, Eslam, Dorosti, Abbasali, Khaiatzadeh, Simin
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32845890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236414
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author Adham, Davoud
Moradi-Asl, Eslam
Dorosti, Abbasali
Khaiatzadeh, Simin
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description Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a common infectious disease that is endemic in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the spatial autocorrelation of VL in the northwest of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, the data of all patients were collected in 2009–2017 and analyzed by SPSS23 and Moran's and General G Index. The MaxEnt3.3.3 software was used to determine the ecological niche. A big hot spot area was identified in five counties in the northwest of Iran. More than 70% of the cases were reported from these regions, and the incidence rate increased in the northwest of Iran from 2013 to 2017. Seasonal rainfall and average daily temperature were the most important climate variables affecting the incidence of VL in this region (p < 0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that VL in the northwest of Iran is expanding to new areas along the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the northeastern section of this region is a high-risk area.
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spelling pubmed-74493992020-09-02 Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran Adham, Davoud Moradi-Asl, Eslam Dorosti, Abbasali Khaiatzadeh, Simin PLoS One Research Article Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a common infectious disease that is endemic in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the spatial autocorrelation of VL in the northwest of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, the data of all patients were collected in 2009–2017 and analyzed by SPSS23 and Moran's and General G Index. The MaxEnt3.3.3 software was used to determine the ecological niche. A big hot spot area was identified in five counties in the northwest of Iran. More than 70% of the cases were reported from these regions, and the incidence rate increased in the northwest of Iran from 2013 to 2017. Seasonal rainfall and average daily temperature were the most important climate variables affecting the incidence of VL in this region (p < 0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that VL in the northwest of Iran is expanding to new areas along the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the northeastern section of this region is a high-risk area. Public Library of Science 2020-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7449399/ /pubmed/32845890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236414 Text en © 2020 Adham et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran
title_full Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran
title_fullStr Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran
title_short Spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of Azerbaijan region, the northwest of Iran
title_sort spatial autocorrelation and epidemiological survey of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area of azerbaijan region, the northwest of iran
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32845890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236414
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