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Area of Science:

  • Veterinary epidemiology
  • Zoonotic disease research
  • Environmental health

Background:

  • Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) is a rare, lethal mosquito-borne zoonotic disease.
  • Recent EEE outbreaks in the USA, particularly in 2019, indicate expanding ecological dynamics.
  • Previous studies lacked the scale to analyze recent EEE ecological trends due to low detection rates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the spatiotemporal dynamics of human EEE incidence in the northeastern USA.
  • To assess the predictive power of equine EEE incidence for human cases.
  • To identify key environmental variables influencing EEE transmission.

Main Methods:

  • Bayesian spatial generalized-linear mixed models were employed for spatiotemporal analysis.
  • Variable importance was used to select model predictors.
  • The association between equine and human EEE incidence was evaluated.

Main Results:

  • Human EEE incidence correlated positively with temperature seasonality and negatively with summer temperatures and precipitation across seasons.
  • Equine EEE incidence showed a strong association with human infections (OR: 1.57).
  • Increased EEE transmission was observed at latitudes above 41.9°N after 2018.

Conclusions:

  • Equine EEE cases are a significant predictor of human EEE risk, independent of environmental factors.
  • The study identified key environmental drivers and geographical patterns of EEE.
  • Future EEE risk prediction models must incorporate equine case data, and further research is needed on EEE establishment in northern latitudes.