Spatial analysis of bovine tuberculosis in the State of Mexico, Mexico

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic infectious disease that affects both domestic animals and wildlife. Veterinary epidemiology studies evaluate bTB using geographic information systems (GIS), which can characterise the spatial and temporal distribution of diseases and identify the geographic are...

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Published in:	Veterinaria italiana Vol. 53; no. 1; p. 39
Main Authors:	Bastida, Adrian Zaragoza, Tellez, Marivel Herna Ndez, Bustamante Montes, Lilia Patricia, Jaramillo Paniagua, Jaime Nicola S, Jaimes Beni Tes, Mari A Eugenia, Mendoza Barrera, Germa N Eduardo, Rami Rez-Dura N, Ninfa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Italy 31-03-2017
Subjects:	Animals Animals, Wild Cattle Geographic Information Systems Mexico - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Bovine - epidemiology
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Summary:	Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic infectious disease that affects both domestic animals and wildlife. Veterinary epidemiology studies evaluate bTB using geographic information systems (GIS), which can characterise the spatial and temporal distribution of diseases and identify the geographic areas and animal populations at risk of contracting a disease. The present study used space‑time permutation scan statistic to identify the spatial and temporal distribution of bTB from 2005 to 2010 in the State of Mexico with the goal of creating a similarity model using Mahalanobis Distance to identify areas suitable for bTB occurrence. Three significant clusters were identified using space‑time permutation scan statistic and the similarity model identified several areas with suitable environmental and demographic characteristics. The results demonstrate that the occurrence of bTB in the State of Mexico is not randomly distributed.
ISSN:	1828-1427
DOI:	10.12834/VetIt.47.133.5