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标题：Risk Factors of Lyme Disease: An Intersection of Environmental Ecology and Systems Science
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作者：Nasser Sharareh ; Rachael P. Behler ; Amanda B. Roome 等
期刊名称：Healthcare
电子版ISSN：2227-9032
出版年度：2019
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：66-76
DOI：10.3390/healthcare7020066
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Lyme disease (LD) cases have been on the rise throughout the United States, costing the healthcare system up to $1.3 billion per year, and making LD one of the greatest threats to public health. Factors influencing the number of LD cases range from environmental to system-level variables, but little is known about the influence of vegetation (canopy, understory, and ground cover) and human behavioral risk on LD cases and exposure to infected ticks. We determined the influence of various risk factors on the risk of exposure to infected ticks on 22 different walkways using multinomial logistic regression. The model classifies the walkways into high-risk and low-risk categories with 90% accuracy, in which the understory, human risk, and number of rodents are significant indicators. These factors should be managed to control the risk of transmission of LD to humans.
关键词：ticks; human behavior; regression; urban planning; simulation modeling; rodents; vegetation ticks ; human behavior ; regression ; urban planning ; simulation modeling ; rodents ; vegetation