Spatiotemporal association of rapid urbanization and water-body distribution on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: A case study in the city of Xi'an, China.

• Main Authors: Li Shen (Author), Minghao Sun (Author), Xiao Wei (Author), Yao Bai (Author), Qingwu Hu (Author), Shuxuan Song (Author), Boxuan Gao (Author), Weilu Zhang (Author), Jifeng Liu (Author), Zhongjun Shao (Author), Kun Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a zoonosis characterized by clinical features of high fever, hemorrhage, and renal damage. China has the largest number of HFRS cases worldwide, accounting for over 90% of the total reported cases. In this paper, we used surveyed HFRS data and satellit...