Need for Improved Methods to Collect and Present Spatial Epidemiologic Data for Vectorborne Diseases

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Eisen, Lars ; Eisen, Rebecca J.
• Description:
  Improved methods for collection and presentation of spatial epidemiologic data are needed for vectorborne diseases in the United States. Lack of reliable data for probable pathogen exposure site has emerged as a major obstacle to the development of predictive spatial risk models. Although plague case investigations can serve as a model for how to ideally generate needed information, this comprehensive approach is cost-prohibitive for more common and less severe diseases. New methods are urgently needed to determine probable pathogen exposure sites that will yield reliable results while taking into account economic and time constraints of the public health system and attending physicians. Recent data demonstrate the need for a change from use of the county spatial unit for presentation of incidence of vectorborne diseases to more precise ZIP code or census tract scales. Such fine-scale spatial risk patterns can be communicated to the public and medical community through Web-mapping approaches.
• Subjects:
  Animals Communicable Diseases Geographic Information Systems Humans Incidence Insect Vectors Lyme Disease Perspective Plague Public Health Risk

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(12):1816-1820.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Colorado ; New Mexico ; Utah
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a63983060c54c346eab81814bd5cd9e1cacfa178e5dfeff63770c9c7c95c70b1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16731/cdc_16731_DS1.pdf
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