title: Impacts of ambient temperature on the burden of bacillary dysentery in urban and rural Hefei, China.
abstract: Bacillary dysentery continues to be a major health issue in developing countries and ambient temperature is a possible environmental determinant. However, evidence about the risk of bacillary dysentery attributable to ambient temperature under climate change scenarios is scarce. We examined the attributable fraction (AF) of temperature-related bacillary dysentery in urban and rural Hefei, China during 2006-2012 and projected its shifting pattern under climate change scenarios using a distributed lag non-linear model. The risk of bacillary dysentery increased with the temperature rise above a threshold (18·4 °C), and the temperature effects appeared to be acute. The proportion of bacillary dysentery attributable to hot temperatures was 18·74% (95 empirical confidence interval (eCI): 8·36-27·44%). Apparent difference of AF was observed between urban and rural areas, with AF varying from 26·87% (95% eCI 16·21-36·68%) in urban area to -1·90% (95 eCI -25·03 to 16·05%) in rural area. Under the climate change scenarios alone (1-4 °C rise), the AF from extreme hot temperatures (>31·2 °C) would rise greatly accompanied by the relatively stable AF from moderate hot temperatures (18·4-31·2 °C). If climate change proceeds, urban area may be more likely to suffer from rapidly increasing burden of disease from extreme hot temperatures in the absence of effective mitigation and adaptation strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Hefei Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Anhui Province,Hefei,Anhui 230061,China.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Hefei Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Anhui Province,Hefei,Anhui 230061,China.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Social Work & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology,Kelvin Grove,Brisbane,Qld. 4509,Australia.
authors.forename: Z W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine,Bengbu Medical College,Bengbu,Anhui 233000,China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Social Work & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology,Kelvin Grove,Brisbane,Qld. 4509,Australia.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D057231:Climate Change; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013696:Temperature; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ambient temperature; attributable fraction; bacillary dysentery