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| Title |
Intensified dust storm activity and Valley fever infection in the southwestern United States
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| Published in |
Geophysical Research Letters, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1002/2017gl073524 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniel Q. Tong, Julian X. L. Wang, Thomas E. Gill, Hang Lei, Binyu Wang |
| Abstract |
Climate models have consistently projected a drying trend in the southwestern United States, aiding speculation of increasing dust storms in this region. Long-term climatology is essential to documenting the dust trend and its response to climate variability. We have reconstructed long-term dust climatology in the western United States, based on a comprehensive dust identification method and continuous aerosol observations from the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) network. We report here direct evidence of rapid intensification of dust storm activity over American deserts in the past decades (1988-2011), in contrast to reported decreasing trends in Asia and Africa. The frequency of windblown dust storms has increased 240% from 1990s to 2000s. This dust trend is associated with large-scale variations of sea surface temperature in the Pacific Ocean, with the strongest correlation with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. We further investigate the relationship between dust and Valley fever, a fast-rising infectious disease caused by inhaling soil-dwelling fungus (Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii) in the southwestern United States. The frequency of dust storms is found to be correlated with Valley fever incidences, with a coefficient (r) comparable to or stronger than that with other factors believed to control the disease in two endemic centers (Maricopa and Pima County, Arizona). |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 34% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 10% |
| Czechia | 1 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| Finland | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 12 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 79% |
| Scientists | 6 | 21% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 177 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 176 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 32 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 6% |
| Professor | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 16% |
| Unknown | 47 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 31 | 18% |
| Environmental Science | 29 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 3% |
| Engineering | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 35 | 20% |
| Unknown | 62 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 327. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 October 2023.
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