Spatial parasite ecology and epidemiology: a review of methods and applications

The distributions of parasitic diseases are determined by complex factors, including many that are distributed in space. A variety of statistical methods are now readily accessible to researchers providing opportunities for describing and ultimately understanding and predicting spatial distributions...

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Published in:Parasitology 2012-12, Vol.139 (14), p.1870-1887
Main Authors: PULLAN, RACHEL L., STURROCK, HUGH J. W., SOARES MAGALHÃES, RICARDO J., CLEMENTS, ARCHIE C. A., BROOKER, SIMON J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Cluster Analysis
Ecology - methods
Epidemiology
Humans
Models, Biological
Models, Statistical
Parasites
Parasitic Diseases - epidemiology
Parasitology - methods
Spatial Analysis
Spatial distribution
Statistical methods
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Summary:The distributions of parasitic diseases are determined by complex factors, including many that are distributed in space. A variety of statistical methods are now readily accessible to researchers providing opportunities for describing and ultimately understanding and predicting spatial distributions. This review provides an overview of the spatial statistical methods available to parasitologists, ecologists and epidemiologists and discusses how such methods have yielded new insights into the ecology and epidemiology of infection and disease. The review is structured according to the three major branches of spatial statistics: continuous spatial variation; discrete spatial variation; and spatial point processes.
ISSN:0031-1820
1469-8161
DOI:10.1017/S0031182012000698