Wetlands, climate zones and Barmah Forest virus disease in Queensland, Australia.

摘要: Barmah Forest virus (BFV) disease is the second most common mosquito-borne in Australia, but linkages of wetlands and climate zones with BFV transmission remain unclear. We aimed to examine relationship between wetlands, risk Queensland, Australia. Data on zones, population cases for period 1992 2008 were obtained from relevant government agencies. was grouped as low-, medium- high-level based incidence percentiles. The buffer around each case made using 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 50 km distances. performed a discriminant analysis determine differences wetland classes within zone. analyses show that saline riverine tidal influence significant contributors all while lacustrine, palustrine, estuarine 2 3 less important. These models had classification accuracies 76%, 98% 100% subtropical, tropical temperate respectively. This study demonstrates varies class useful tool quantify links risk.