title: Distribution Characteristics of Spermophilus dauricus in Manchuria City in China in 2015 through '3S' Technology.
abstract: Plague is a virulent infectious disease in China. In this study, '3S' technology was used to perform spatial autocorrelation analysis and spatial interpolation analysis for Spermophilus dauricus (S. Dauricus, a species of ground squirrel) captured in Manchuria City in 2015. The results were visually inspected. During the two-month (May to July) plague surveillance in 2015, 198 S. dauricus individuals were captured in the study area in Manchuria City (48 monitoring areas) by using a day-by-day catching method. Spatial autocorrelation was conducted using the ArcGIS software, and the following significantly different results were obtained: Moran's I=0.228472, Z-score=2.889126, and P<0.05. Thus, a spatial aggregation was observed. In 2015, the distribution of S. dauricus diminished from west to east and from north to south of Manchuria. Geo Detector software was used to analyze the habitat factors affecting the spatial distribution of S. dauricus. This highly clustered species mainly exists in suburban communities, construction sites, and areas surrounding factories. In future studies, plague surveillances should be performed in areas around Manchuria and Zhalainuoer.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010110, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Long Xing
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010110, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: En Qi
authors.initials: EQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Chinese PLA No.291 Hospital, Baotou 014040 Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010110, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Xiao Chen
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Risk Assessment and Control Technology for Environment and Food Safety, Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin 300050, China.
authors.forename: Bao An
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010110, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000635:transmission; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000502:physiology*; D062206:Spatial Analysis