Environmental, climatic and host population risk factors of human cystic echinococcosis in southwest of Iran

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1611 - 13
• Main Authors: Ghatee, Mohammad Amin, Nikaein, Koorosh, Taylor, Walter Robert, Karamian, Mehdi, Alidadi, Hasan, Kanannejad, Zahra, Sehatpour, Faezeh, Zarei, Fateme, Pouladfar, Gholamreza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.10.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abattoirs; Agricultural land; Animals; Annual rainfall; Cattle; Climate; Cystic echinococcosis; Cysts; Demographic aspects; Density; Disease control; Disease transmission; Distribution; Dogs; Echinococcosis; Echinococcosis - epidemiology; Echinococcus granulosus; Eggs; Environment; Environmental aspects; Environmental factors; Geographic information systems; GIS; Humans; Humidity; Iran - epidemiology; Latitude; Life cycles; Livestock; Nomads; Parasitic diseases; Population; Rainfall; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Sheep; Spatial data; Statistical analysis; Temperature; Travel; Tropical diseases; Urban areas; Urban environments; Zoonoses; Iran; GIS; Environment; Climate; Cystic echinococcosis; Livestock

Cystic echinococcosis (CE), a worldwide zoonotic disease, is affected by various biological and environmental factors. We investigated dog/livestock populations, climatic and environmental factors influencing the distribution of human CE cases in Fars province, southwest Iran. We mapped the addresse...