关联土壤传播的虫和遥感共变体的病例:利用菲律宾Camarines Sur2015年,2017年和2019年的元数据进行的案例研究
John Albert C Ricafort1, John Benedict C Ricafort1, Loida M Recopuerto-Medina1
1Department of Biological Science, College of Science, University of Santo Tomas, 1008, Manila, Philippines.
Acta parasitologica
|August 31, 2024
概括
土壤传播的虫感染 (STH) 在菲律宾仍然令人担忧,遥感数据显示2019年的相关性中等. 环境和非环境因素可能会影响超越植被和城市化的STH流行.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 热带医学 热带医学
背景情况:
- 土壤传播的虫 (STH) 感染是被忽视的热带疾病 (NTDs),影响全球数百万人.
- 尽管有大规模药物管理局 (MDA),但菲律宾的STH病例正在上升.
- 高频率的STH,包括阿斯卡里斯 lumbricoides,Trichuris trichiura和尼卡托尔美国人,在像卡马里内斯南部这样的省份被注意到.
研究的目的:
- 调查遥感共变量与STH感染病例之间的相关性.
- 特别检查了卡马林斯南部的规范差异植被指数 (NDVI) 和规范差异积累指数 (NDBI).
- 旨在了解环境对该地区STH患病率的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了2015-2019年STH病例的公共卫生记录.
- 使用量子地理信息系统 (QGIS) 来进行数据计算.
- 应用了皮尔森相关系数来分析指数和感染数据之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 儿童的STH感染比成年人更为普遍.
- Ascaris lumbricoides占所有STH感染的60%.
- 2019年观察到遥感指数和STH病例之间的中等相关性 (p=0.037),但在2015年或2017年没有.
结论:
- 性病性感染的动态受到除了植被和城市化之外的其他因素的影响.
- 额外的环境和非环境变量在STH患病率中发挥着重要作用.
- 需要进一步的研究来确定这些促成因素.
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