| Title: |
Joint spatiotemporal modelling reveals seasonally dynamic patterns of Japanese encephalitis vector abundance across India. |
| Authors: |
Franklinos, Lydia HV; Redding, David W; Lucas, Tim CD; Gibb, Rory; Abubakar, Ibrahim; Jones, Kate E |
| Publisher Information: |
Public Library of Science |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: LSHTM Research Online |
| Description: |
Predicting vector abundance and seasonality, key components of mosquito-borne disease (MBD) hazard, is essential to determine hotspots of MBD risk and target interventions effectively. Japanese encephalitis (JE), an important MBD, is a leading cause of viral encephalopathy in Asia with 100,000 cases estimated annually, but data on the principal vector Culex tritaeniorhynchus is lacking. We developed a Bayesian joint-likelihood model that combined information from available vector occurrence and abundance data to predict seasonal vector abundance for C. tritaeniorhynchus (a constituent of JE hazard) across India, as well as examining the environmental drivers of these patterns. Using data collated from 57 locations from 24 studies, we find distinct seasonal and spatial patterns of JE vector abundance influenced by climatic and land use factors. Lagged precipitation, temperature and land use intensity metrics for rice crop cultivation were the main drivers of vector abundance, independent of seasonal, or spatial variation. The inclusion of environmental factors and a seasonal term improved model prediction accuracy (mean absolute error [MAE] for random cross validation = 0.48) compared to a baseline model representative of static hazard predictions (MAE = 0.95), signalling the importance of seasonal environmental conditions in predicting JE vector abundance. Vector abundance varied widely across India with high abundance predicted in northern, north-eastern, eastern, and southern regions, although this ranged from seasonal (e.g., Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal) to perennial (e.g., Assam, Tamil Nadu). One-month lagged predicted vector abundance was a significant predictor of JE outbreaks (odds ratio 2.45, 95% confidence interval: 1.52-4.08), highlighting the possible development of vector abundance as a proxy for JE hazard. We demonstrate a novel approach that leverages information from sparse vector surveillance data to predict seasonal vector abundance-a key component of JE hazard-over large spatial scales, providing ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1935-2727 |
| Relation: |
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4666532/1/journal.pntd.0010218.pdf; Franklinos, Lydia HVORCID logo; Redding, David WORCID logo; Lucas, Tim CDORCID logo; Gibb, Rory ORCID logo; Abubakar, Ibrahim; and Jones, Kate EORCID logo (2022) Joint spatiotemporal modelling reveals seasonally dynamic patterns of Japanese encephalitis vector abundance across India. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 16 (2). e0010218-. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0010218 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pntd.0010218 |
| Availability: |
https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4666532/; https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/4666532/1/journal.pntd.0010218.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010218 |
| Rights: |
cc_by_4 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.922E35DC |
| Database: |
BASE |