Landscape Diversity Related to Buruli Ulcer Disease in Cote d'Ivoire

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作者
Brou, Telesphore [1 ]
Broutin, Helene [2 ]
Elguero, Eric [2 ]
Asse, Henri [3 ]
Guegan, Jean-Francois [2 ]
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[1] Univ Artois, Fac Hist Geog, Arras, France
[2] Equipe Dynam Syst & Malad Infectieuses, CNRS, GEMI, IRD,UMR 2724, Montpellier, France
[3] Univ Cocody, Inst Raoul Follereau Adopze, UFR Sci Med, Abidjan, Cote Ivoire
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PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES | 2008年 / 2卷 / 07期
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0000271
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
摘要
Background: Buruli ulcer disease (BU), due to the bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans, represents an important and emerging public health problem, especially in many African countries. Few elements are known nowadays about the routes of transmission of this environmental bacterium to the human population. Methodology/Principal Findings: In this study, we have investigated the relationships between the incidence of BU in Cote d'Ivoire, western Africa, and a group of environmental variables. These environmental variables concern vegetation, crops (rice and banana), dams, and lakes. Using a geographical information system and multivariate analyses, we show a link between cases of BU and different environmental factors for the first time on a country-wide scale. As a result, irrigated rice field cultures areas, and, to a lesser extent, banana fields as well as areas in the vicinity of dams used for irrigation and aquaculture purposes, represent high-risk zones for the human population to contract BU in Cote d'Ivoire. This is much more relevant in the central part of the country. Conclusions/Significance: As already suspected by several case-control studies in different African countries, we strengthen in this work the identification of high-risk areas of BU on a national spatial scale. This first study should now be followed by many others in other countries and at a multi-year temporal scale. This goal implies a strong improvement in data collection and sharing in order to achieve to a global picture of the environmental conditions that drive BU emergence and persistence in human populations.
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