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Defining ecological regions in Italy based on a multivariate clustering approach: A first step towards a targeted vector borne disease surveillance.
Ippoliti, Carla; Candeloro, Luca; Gilbert, Marius; Goffredo, Maria; Mancini, Giuseppe; Curci, Gabriele; Falasca, Serena; Tora, Susanna; Di Lorenzo, Alessio; Quaglia, Michela; Conte, Annamaria.
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  • Ippoliti C; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy.
  • Candeloro L; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy.
  • Gilbert M; Spatial Epidemiology Lab (SpELL), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Goffredo M; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy.
  • Mancini G; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy.
  • Curci G; Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Falasca S; Center of Excellence in Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Tora S; Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Di Lorenzo A; Center of Excellence in Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS), University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
  • Quaglia M; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy.
  • Conte A; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Campo Boario, Teramo, Italy.
PLoS One ; 14(7): e0219072, 2019.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31269045
Ecoregionalization is the process by which a territory is classified in similar areas according to specific environmental and climatic factors. The climate and the environment strongly influence the presence and distribution of vectors responsible for significant human and animal diseases worldwide. In this paper, we developed a map of the eco-climatic regions of Italy adopting a data-driven spatial clustering approach using recent and detailed spatial data on climatic and environmental factors. We selected seven variables, relevant for a broad set of human and animal vector-borne diseases (VBDs): standard deviation of altitude, mean daytime land surface temperature, mean amplitude and peak timing of the annual cycle of land surface temperature, mean and amplitude of the annual cycle of greenness value, and daily mean amount of rainfall. Principal Component Analysis followed by multivariate geographic clustering using the k-medoids technique were used to group the pixels with similar characteristics into different ecoregions, and at different spatial resolutions (250 m, 1 km and 2 km). We showed that the spatial structure of ecoregions is generally maintained at different spatial resolutions and we compared the resulting ecoregion maps with two datasets related to Bluetongue vectors and West Nile Disease (WND) outbreaks in Italy. The known characteristics of Culicoides imicola habitat were well captured by 2/22 specific ecoregions (at 250 m resolution). Culicoides obsoletus/scoticus occupy all sampled ecoregions, according to its known widespread distribution across the peninsula. WND outbreak locations strongly cluster in 4/22 ecoregions, dominated by human influenced landscape, with intense cultivations and complex irrigation network. This approach could be a supportive tool in case of VBDs, defining pixel-based areas that are conducive environment for VBD spread, indicating where surveillance and prevention measures could be prioritized in Italy. Also, ecoregions suitable to specific VBDs vectors could inform entomological surveillance strategies.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ecosistema / Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores Tipo de estudio: Screening_studies Límite: Animals / Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Asunto de la revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ecosistema / Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores Tipo de estudio: Screening_studies Límite: Animals / Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Asunto de la revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Italia Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos