| Title |
Scrub typhus islands in the Taiwan area and the association between scrub typhus disease and forest land use and farmer population density: geographically weighted regression
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| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-191 |
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| Authors |
Pui-Jen Tsai, Hsi-Chyi Yeh |
| Abstract |
The Taiwan area comprises the main island of Taiwan and several small islands located off the coast of the Southern China. The eastern two-thirds of Taiwan are characterized by rugged mountains covered with tropical and subtropical vegetation. The western region of Taiwan is characterized by flat or gently rolling plains. Geographically, the Taiwan area is diverse in ecology and environment, although scrub typhus threatens local human populations. In this study, we investigate the effects of seasonal and meteorological factors on the incidence of scrub typhus infection among 10 local climate regions. The correlation between the spatial distribution of scrub typhus and cultivated forests in Taiwan, as well as the relationship between scrub typhus incidence and the population density of farm workers is examined. |
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| Spain | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 53 | 96% |
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| Researcher | 12 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 22% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 9% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
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| Unknown | 13 | 24% |
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