Mapping the basic reproduction number (R0) for vector-borne diseases: A case study on bluetongue virus

Hartemink, N.A.; Purse, B.V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-2710; Meiswinkel, R.; Brown, H.E.; de Koeijer, A.; Elbers, A.R.W.; Boender, G.-J.; Rogers, D.J.; Heesterbeek, J.A.P.. 2009 Mapping the basic reproduction number (R0) for vector-borne diseases: A case study on bluetongue virus. Epidemics, 1 (3). 153-161. 10.1016/j.epidem.2009.05.004

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Abstract/Summary

Geographical maps indicating the value of the basic reproduction number, R0, can be used to identify areas of higher risk for an outbreak after an introduction. We develop a methodology to create R0 maps for vector-borne diseases, using bluetongue virus as a case study. This method provides a tool for gauging the extent of environmental effects on disease emergence. The method involves integrating vector-abundance data with statistical approaches to predict abundance from satellite imagery and with the biologically mechanistic modelling that underlies R0. We illustrate the method with three applications for bluetongue virus in the Netherlands: 1) a simple R0 map for the situation in September 2006, 2) species-specific R0 maps based on satellite-data derived predictions, and 3) monthly R0 maps throughout the year. These applications ought to be considered as a proof-of-principle and illustrations of the methods described, rather than as ready-to-use risk maps. Altogether, this is a first step towards an integrative method to predict risk of establishment of diseases based on mathematical modelling combined with a geographic information system that may comprise climatic variables, landscape features, land use, and other relevant factors determining the risk of establishment for bluetongue as well as of other emerging vector-borne diseases.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.epidem.2009.05.004
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biodiversity > BD02 An Integrated Framework for the Sustainable Management of Biological Introductions - Alien Species and Emerging Diseases > BD02.2 Species and ecosystem vulnerability to invasions
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Watt
Additional Keywords:	Emerging diseases, Infectious diseases, Epidemiology, Risk maps, Climate change
NORA Subject Terms:	Biology and Microbiology Ecology and Environment Mathematics
Related URLs:	Author's Homepage
Date made live:	17 Nov 2009 11:38 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/8309

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