ArticleParasitology2020
Associations between monthly rainfall and mortality in cattle due to East Coast fever, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
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- Hard Ticks as Vectors: The Emerging Threat of Tick-Borne Diseases in India.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Joint extremes in precipitation and infectious disease in the USA: A bivariate POT study.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Assessment of Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors for Anaplasmosis inVeterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Potential Mechanisms of Transmission of Tick-Borne Viruses at the Virus-Tick Interface.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Interactive effects of biological, human and environmental factors on tick loads in Boran cattle in tropical drylands.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
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Abstract
Weather conditions can impact infectious disease transmission, causing mortalities in humans, wild and domestic animals. Although rainfall in dry tropical regions is highly variable over the year, rainfall is thought to play an important role in the transmission of tick-borne diseases. Whether variation in rainfall affects disease-induced mortalities, is, however, poorly understood. Here, we use long-term data on monthly rainfall and Boran cattle mortality (1998-2017) to investigate associations between within-year variation in rainfall and cattle mortalities due to East Coast fever (ECF), anaplasmosis and babesiosis in Laikipia, Kenya, using ARIMAX modelling. Results show a negative correlation between monthly rainfall and cattle mortality for ECF and anaplasmosis, with a lag effect of 2 and 6 months, respectively. There was no association between babesiosis-induced mortalities and monthly rainfall. The results of this study suggest that control of the tick-borne diseases ECF and anaplasmosis to reduce mortalities should be intensified during rainy periods after the respective estimated time lags following dry periods.
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