GeoInformatics, Training, Research, Education, and Extension Center, Geography Department, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0406, USA.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2012 Aug;12(8):657-65. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0786. Epub 2012 May 18.
The incidence of human West Nile virus (WNV) varies spatially and temporally and is influenced by a wide range of biotic and abiotic factors. There are numerous important vector species, with variable geographic ranges and ecologies, considered crucial to the transmission of WNV in the coterminous United States. To date there has been a lack of a systematic investigation in the United States, at a regional scale, of the wide variety of landscape, land use, and demographic influences on WNV incidence. In this study, we use published vector species distribution maps, as well as prominent landscape features, to define six distinct regions of the coterminous United States. We relate data on demographic, landscape, and land use conditions to the incidence of human WNV by region recorded at county level in the coterminous United States from 2002-2009. The observed relationships varied by region with the Great Plains, Northwest, and Southwest regions showing high WNV incidence associated with rural irrigated landscapes, indicating the importance of Culex tarsalis as the primary vector. In the Southeast, the percent of the population in poverty was positively associated with high WNV incidence, potentially indicating the quality of housing in relation to the vector Culex quinquefasciatus, a mosquito that often feeds indoors. The Northeast region human WNV incidence was positively associated with agricultural landscapes, potentially implying the importance of Culex restuans in a region generally thought of as being dominated by Culex pipiens transmission. There was strong spatial autocorrelation in most of the regions, but with a spatial autologistic term accounted for in binary logistic regression models, there were significant landscape, land use, and demographic covariates for each region.
人类西尼罗河病毒(WNV)的发病率在空间和时间上有所不同,受到多种生物和非生物因素的影响。有许多重要的媒介物种,具有不同的地理范围和生态,被认为是在美国大陆传播 WNV 的关键。迄今为止,在美国还缺乏对各种景观、土地利用和人口统计因素对 WNV 发病率影响的系统调查。在这项研究中,我们使用已发表的媒介物种分布地图以及突出的景观特征,将美国大陆划分为六个不同的区域。我们将人口统计、景观和土地利用条件的数据与美国大陆各县从 2002 年至 2009 年记录的人类 WNV 发病率相关联。观察到的关系因地区而异,大平原、西北和西南地区的 WNV 发病率较高,与农村灌溉景观有关,表明 Culex tarsalis 作为主要媒介的重要性。在东南部,贫困人口的比例与 WNV 发病率较高呈正相关,这可能表明与媒介 Culex quinquefasciatus 有关的住房质量,这种蚊子经常在室内吸血。东北地区人类 WNV 发病率与农业景观呈正相关,这可能意味着 Culex restuans 在一个通常被认为以 Culex pipiens 传播为主的地区的重要性。在大多数地区都存在强烈的空间自相关,但在二元逻辑回归模型中考虑了空间自回归项,每个地区都有显著的景观、土地利用和人口统计学协变量。