https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/556787
標題: | Population Movement and Vector-Borne Disease Transmission: Differentiating Spatial-Temporal Diffusion Patterns of Commuting and Noncommuting Dengue Cases | 作者: | Wen T.-H. Lin M.-H. CHI-TAI FANG |
公開日期: | 2012 | 卷: | 102 | 期: | 5 | 起(迄)頁: | 1026-1037 | 來源出版物: | Annals of the Association of American Geographers | 摘要: | Commuters who acquire dengue infections could be an important route for the transmission of the virus from their homes to workplaces. Understanding the effects of routine human movement on dengue transmission can be helpful in identifying high-risk areas for effective intervention. This study investigated the effects of local environmental and demographic characteristics to clarify the role of the daily commute in dengue transmission. We analyzed the clustering patterns of space-time distances between commuting and noncommuting dengue cases from June 2007 to January 2008 in Tainan City, Taiwan. We also analyzed the network topology of space-time distances to identify possible key individuals and conducted time-to-event analysis for geographic diffusion through commuting versus noncommuting dengue cases. Our significant findings indicate that most of the space-time distances of noncommuting cases clustered within 100 m and one week, whereas commuting cases clustered within 2 to 4 km and one to five weeks. Analysis of the temporality of the geographical diffusion by villages showed that commuting cases diffuse more rapidly across villages than noncommuting cases in the late epidemic period. The role of commuting was identified as a significant risk factor contributing to epidemic diffusion (hazard ratio: 3.08, p value < 0.05). Local neighborhood characteristics (number of vacant grounds and empty houses) are independent facilitating factors for diffusion through both noncommuting cases and commuting cases (hazard ratio: 1.035 and 1.022, respectively, both p < 0.05). Higher population density is a significant risk factor only for diffusion through commuters (hazard ratio: 1.174). In summary, noncommuters, mostly elderly adults and housewives, might initiate local outbreaks, whereas commuters carrying the virus to geographically distant areas cause large-scale epidemics. ? 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84864555327&doi=10.1080%2f00045608.2012.671130&partnerID=40&md5=49292387d0e49400356c0530f4c671a5 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/556787 |
ISSN: | 0004-5608 | DOI: | 10.1080/00045608.2012.671130 | SDG/關鍵字: | commuting; dengue fever; disease transmission; epidemic; infectious disease; population density; public health; risk factor; spatiotemporal analysis; Tainan; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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