Most cited article - PubMed ID 10084020
Tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme borreliosis: comparison of habitat risk assessments using satellite data (an experience from the Central Bohemian region of the Czech Republic)
The aim of this review is to follow the history of studies on endemiv arboviruses and the diseases they cause which were detected in the Czech lands (Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (i.e., the Czech Republic)). The viruses involve tick-borne encephalitis, West Nile and Usutu flaviviruses; the Sindbis alphavirus; Ťahyňa, Batai, Lednice and Sedlec bunyaviruses; the Uukuniemi phlebovirus; and the Tribeč orbivirus. Arboviruses temporarily imported from abroad to the Czech Republic have been omitted. This brief historical review includes a bibliography of all relevant papers.
- Keywords
- arthropods, birds, mammals, mosquitoes, ticks,
- MeSH
- Arbovirus Infections history MeSH
- Arboviruses physiology MeSH
- History, 20th Century MeSH
- History, 21st Century MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- History, 20th Century MeSH
- History, 21st Century MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Historical Article MeSH
- Review MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
An analysis of historical data on Lyme borreliosis in Central Bohemia between 1987-2010 has revealed that the rate of peri-domestic exposure, the proximity of patients' residences to high-risk habitats, and the number of disease cases have been interdependent variables and that their common upturn can be dated back to the start of the 1990s or earlier. The data indicate that the disease rise is attributable to translocation of part of the at-risk population nearer to natural environments, rather than to mere intensification of people's peri-domestic exposure at existing residential locations, or changes in the natural environment itself.
- Keywords
- Lyme borreliosis, at-risk population, counter-urbanization, disease emergence, migration, residential exposure,
- MeSH
- Ecosystem * MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Lyme Disease epidemiology MeSH
- Retrospective Studies MeSH
- Risk Factors MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
