评估行为风险因素驱动动物感染在缅甸高风险人群中的传播
Su Yadana1, Marc T Valitutto2,3, Ohnmar Aung4
1EcoHealth Alliance, 520 Eighth Avenue Ste 1200, New York, NY, 10018, USA.
EcoHealth
|May 31, 2023
概括
高风险的动物接触行为,包括处理家禽和吃生病或死亡的动物,与缅甸的不寻常疾病有关. 这些发现突出了防止动物传播疾病在脆弱社区蔓延的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 一个健康,一个健康.
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 动物传染病构成了日益严重的全球威胁,由于对脆弱社区的行为风险缺乏了解,特别是像缅甸这样的地区,这种情况更加严重.
- 对风险行为知识的有限程度阻碍了在人与动物接口的动物性疾病爆发的有效监测和报告.
研究的目的:
- 调查与缅甸动物性传染病传播相关的行为风险.
- 确定特定的动物接触活动和做法,增加病原体溢出风险.
- 评估自我报告的异常疾病与动物接触行为之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 在缅甸南部的Hpa-An和Hmawbi实施了一项行为监控策略.
- 一个问卷评估了动物暴露,相互作用细节,以及高风险人群中自我报告的不寻常疾病.
- 统计分析确定了与动物接触活动,风险因素和报告的症状之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 与家禽接触非常普遍 (91.1%),其次是动物 (57.8%) 和猪 (17.9%).
- 报告异常症状的参与者更有可能出售死动物,屠宰,养,处理或吃病/死动物.
- 参与动物生产或与动物有关的生计增加了报告异常症状的几率.
结论:
- 在研究地点,高水平的人与动物的互动对动物传染病的传播具有重大风险.
- 特定的行为,如直接处理动物和食用生病/死亡的动物,是动物传播病毒的关键风险因素.
- 这些发现为开发有针对性的干预措施提供了关键的行为数据,以减轻缅甸人与动物接口的动物性疾病风险.
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