公民可以帮助绘制牛传播疾病的传染场所
Julius Tumusiime1,2, Noelia Valderrama Bhraunxs3,4, Grace Kagoro-Rugunda1
1Department of Biology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
|April 4, 2024
概括
公民科学家有效地监测了医学上重要的牛,以绘制疾病地图. 这种公民科学方法提供了一个可持续的,具有成本效益的替代方案,用于传统的自上而下的监测,以控制杆菌病.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 甲状腺疹和状腺疹是牛传播的重大疾病,需要综合控制策略.
- 由于缺乏专家和分布数据,有效的牛控制受到阻碍.
- 公民科学提供了一种新的方法来收集关键的牛分布数据.
研究的目的:
- 评估公民科学方法在监测医学和兽医重要牛种群的有效性.
- 评估公民收集的牛数据的质量和可靠性,与专家数据对比.
- 探索公民科学的潜力,用于绘制杆菌病传播地点的地图.
主要方法:
- 经过培训的公民科学家使用智能手机应用程序在20个月内从76个地点每周收集牛数据.
- 数据包括牛存在/不存在,属识别和数量,每个地点的搜索时间为30分钟.
- 统计模型 (后勤和线性混合效应) 用于将公民数据与专家恶病学家数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 公民科学家与专家关于牛存在/不存在的数据达成70-86%的共识,平均17%的假负结果.
- 对特定属 (Biomphalaria,Radix) 的协议得到了改进,牛的数量增加,每月汇总数据.
- 站点类型影响了协议,春天站点显示的精度高于湖泊站点.
结论:
- 公民科学是一个可行的和强大的工具,用于绘制潜在的杆菌感染热点.
- 这种具有包容性和成本效益的方法为传统监测活动提供了可持续的替代方案.
- 公民科学赋予社区权力,并加强疾病控制工作.
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