Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses (SFGR): weather and incidence in Illinois

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 145; no. 12; pp. 2466 - 2472
• Main Authors: KERINS, J. L., DOREVITCH, S., DWORKIN, M. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Amblyomma americanum; Arachnids; Census of Population; Climate change; Divisions; Drought; Environmental health; Epidemiology; Fever; Health surveillance; Human subjects; Humans; Hygiene; Illinois - epidemiology; Incidence; Laboratories; Lyme disease; Medicine; Parasitic diseases; Precipitation; Public health; Rickettsia; Rickettsia - physiology; Rickettsia Infections - epidemiology; Rickettsia Infections - microbiology; SHORT REPORT; Studies; Weather; Zoonoses; United States > US; Illinois; Infectious disease control; infectious disease epidemiology; zoonoses; rickettsiae; notifiable infectious diseases

The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of increasing incidence of Spotted Fever Group rickettsioses (SFGR) in Illinois, with a specific focus on weather variables. We analysed cases of SFGR reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health from 2004 to 2013. Surveillance definitions...