Individual and Interactive Effects of Socio-Ecological Factors on Dengue Fever at Fine Spatial Scale: A Geographical Detector-Based Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Data
2.2.1. Dengue Fever Data
2.2.2. Socio-Ecological Data
Urbanization Data
Economy
Environmental Factors
Meteorological Data
2.3. Method
2.3.1. Moran’s I
2.3.2. Geographical Detector
3. Results
3.1. General Information of the Dengue Epidemic
3.2. Socio-Ecological Distribution at Township/Street Level in Guangzhou
3.3. Assessing the Impact of Socio-Ecological Factors on Dengue Fever
3.4. Interaction of Socio-Ecological Factors on Dengue Fever
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Factors | GDP | Population Density | Precipitation | Road Density | Temperature | Urbanization Level | Vegetation Fraction | Urban Village Ratio | Water Body Areas |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | −0.23 ** | 0.49 ** | 0.09 ** | 0.36 ** | 0.51 ** | 0.42 ** | −0.57 ** | 0.28 ** | −0.38 ** |
q | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.24 * | 0.24 * | 0.33 * | 0.11 * | 0.19 * | 0.13 * | 0.23 * |
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Cao, Z.; Liu, T.; Li, X.; Wang, J.; Lin, H.; Chen, L.; Wu, Z.; Ma, W. Individual and Interactive Effects of Socio-Ecological Factors on Dengue Fever at Fine Spatial Scale: A Geographical Detector-Based Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070795
Cao Z, Liu T, Li X, Wang J, Lin H, Chen L, Wu Z, Ma W. Individual and Interactive Effects of Socio-Ecological Factors on Dengue Fever at Fine Spatial Scale: A Geographical Detector-Based Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(7):795. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070795
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Zheng, Tao Liu, Xing Li, Jin Wang, Hualiang Lin, Lingling Chen, Zhifeng Wu, and Wenjun Ma. 2017. "Individual and Interactive Effects of Socio-Ecological Factors on Dengue Fever at Fine Spatial Scale: A Geographical Detector-Based Analysis" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 7: 795. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070795