加拿大病原体存在的历史关联和时空变化:系统性审查
Kirsten E Crandall1,2,3, Virginie Millien2,3, Jeremy T Kerr1
1Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Zoonoses and public health
|November 14, 2023
概括
传播的病原体正在加拿大蔓延,其中Borrelia burgdorferi是最常见的病原体. 标准化的监测对于跟踪和宿主群体中这些感染至关重要.
科学领域:
- 兽医昆虫学 兽医昆虫学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 昆虫学 昆虫学
背景情况:
- 自20世纪初以来,在加拿大发现了和传播的病原体.
- 载体和病原体的地理分布增加,和宿主种群已建立.
- Ixodes scapularis是Borrelia burgdorferi (莱姆病) 的主要载体,而Anaplasma,Babesia和Rickettsia物种正在出现.
研究的目的:
- 评估加拿大的载体,宿主和病原体之间的历史关联.
- 使用文献数据识别虫中病原体存在的时空集群.
主要方法:
- 对加拿大的-宿主-病原体数据的系统文献综述.
- 历史关联和时空模式的分析.
- 识别病原体存在的空间异常值和集群.
主要成果:
- 大约三分之一的被感染,主要以鸟类和哺乳动物为食.
- Borrelia burgdorferi是最常见的病原体; Ixodes scapularis是最常见的病原体.
- 在加拿大南部发现了五个高致病原体存在的时空集群,以及通过监测方法确定的六个集群.
结论:
- 本综述是对加拿大-宿主-病原体系统的历史关联和时空变化进行的首次系统评估.
- 通过监控方法识别的独特的时空集群突出了对标准化方法的需求.
- 标准化的监测和数据报告对于评估传播病原体的存在,传播和风险至关重要.
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