Prolongation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Cycles in Warmer Climatic Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Epidemiological Data
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Effects of Latitude
3.2. Longitudinal Shifts
3.3. Local Effects
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Region | Centroid Northing | Centroid Easting | Period | Cases | Authority | References |
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Sweden | 59.5 | 15.0 | 1969–2018 | 5369 | Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) | [16,17] |
E. Germany 1 | 52.5 | 13.4 | 1993–2017 | 201 | Robert Koch Institute | [18] |
Czech Rep. | 49.8 | 15.5 | 1971–2018 | 22,716 | National Institute of Public Health (SZU) | |
Austria | 47.7 | 14.9 | 1970–2018 | 9746 | Zentrum für Virologie, Med. Universität Wien | [19] |
Slovenia | 46.2 | 14.9 | 1972–2018 | 8710 | National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) | [16] |
NE Italy 2 | 46.2 | 12.2 | 2000–2013 | 367 | n.a. | [20] |
Region/Country | Site | Temperature | No. Freezing Days/y | ||||
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1900–1999 | 2000–2018 | Increase | 1900–1999 | 2000–2018 | Decrease | ||
Sweden | Uppsala | 5.9 | 7 | 1.1 | 77.5 | 60.6 | 16.9 |
Stockholm | 6.4 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 63.3 | 49.4 | 13.9 | |
E Germany | Berlin | 9.2 | 10.2 | 1 | 35.6 | 27.2 | 8.4 |
Dresden | 7.9 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 48.2 | 37.2 | 11 | |
Czech Rep. | Prague | 8 | 9.1 | 1.1 | 49.1 | 41.1 | 8 |
Brno | 8.6 | 9.6 | 1 | 46.2 | 40.3 | 5.9 | |
Austria | Vienna | 9 | 10.1 | 1.1 | 43.1 | 35.3 | 7.8 |
Graz | 8.1 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 53.4 | 46.3 | 7.1 | |
Slovenia | Maribor | 9.5 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 40.1 | 34.6 | 5.5 |
Ljubljana | 8.8 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 46.9 | 36.8 | 10.1 | |
NE Italy | Belluno | 7.8 | 8.9 | 1.1 | 51.3 | 37.1 | 14.2 |
Trieste | 11.4 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 20.9 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
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Zeman, P. Prolongation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Cycles in Warmer Climatic Conditions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224532
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Chicago/Turabian StyleZeman, Petr. 2019. "Prolongation of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Cycles in Warmer Climatic Conditions" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 22: 4532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224532