Ascertainment of Community Exposure Sites to Ross River Virus During the 2020 Outbreak in Brisbane, Australia
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Proboste, Tatiana, Bista, Damber, Clark, Nicholas J., Arora, Sahil, Devine, Gregor, Darbro, Jonathan M., Malloy, Deena S., Francis, Daniel and Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J.. 2024. "Ascertainment of Community Exposure Sites to Ross River Virus During the 2020 Outbreak in Brisbane, Australia." Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae578
| Article Title | Ascertainment of Community Exposure Sites to Ross River Virus During the 2020 Outbreak in Brisbane, Australia |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 16403 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Proboste, Tatiana, Bista, Damber, Clark, Nicholas J., Arora, Sahil, Devine, Gregor, Darbro, Jonathan M., Malloy, Deena S., Francis, Daniel and Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. |
| Journal Title | Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Article Number | jiae578 |
| Number of Pages | 10 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN | 0022-1899 |
| 1537-6613 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae578 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiae578/7906115 |
| Abstract | This study investigated potential Ross River virus (RRV) exposure sites in Greater Brisbane during the Queensland coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown (January-July 2020). Using RRV notifications, cluster identification techniques, and mobile phone data for movement network analysis, the study examined 993 RRV cases and 9 million movement trajectories from residential RRV cluster areas (hot spots). The findings revealed that population movement was a key risk factor to RRV incidence within hot spots, whereby highly interconnected areas had more RRV cases during lockdown. While environmental conditions within RRV hot spots were less significant compared with their connectivity, areas with higher vegetation density had fewer RRV cases. The study also noted that individuals from RRV hot spots spent less time in green areas before lockdown than during and after lockdown. The results suggest that population movement significantly influenced the 2020 RRV outbreak. These insights can help adapt current vector control and surveillance protocols to target areas identified in this study. During the coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown, highly connected areas and population movement were risk factors for Ross River virus spread in Brisbane, Australia. Usually, areas with lush vegetation had higher RRV incidence, but during the lockdown we found that this link saturates with very high vegetation cover leadin to less cases, highlighting the importance of connectivity and environmental factors in disease transmission. |
| Keywords | Ross River virus; spatiotemporal analysis; vector-borne disease; network analysis; cluster analysis |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 310301. Behavioural ecology |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
| Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment | |
| QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia | |
| Metro North Health, Australia |
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