ArticleScientific reports2025
Ecological study of human brucellosis in Iran from 2000 to 2023 and the limited role of climatic factors.
Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Human brucellosis remains a major public health issue in endemic regions such as Iran. While climatic variables may affect transmission patterns, their role remains uncertain. This study analyzed long-term trends of human brucellosis in relation to climatic factors in Iran from 2000 to 2023. A time-series ecological design was applied using annual crude incidence rates (CIR) of brucellosis alongside climatic indicators including annual mean temperature (AMT), annual precipitation (AP), and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). Correlation tests, linear regressions, and multivariate models were performed. The average CIR was 23.96 per 100,000. AMT showed an inverse correlation with CIR, while SPEI indicated a weak positive association. Precipitation was not significantly correlated. Multivariate models explained less than one-quarter of variance, and no climatic factor remained a significant predictor. Findings suggest that climatic variables alone have limited explanatory power for brucellosis trends in Iran, with socioeconomic, agricultural, and behavioral factors likely playing a much greater role. Rather than demonstrating a strong climate-disease link, this study highlights the complexity and potential insignificance of climatic influence on brucellosis incidence, underscoring the need for integrated One Health approaches.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.