Spatiotemporal Modeling of Zoonotic Arbovirus Transmission in Northeastern Florida Using Sentinel Chicken Surveillance and Earth Observation Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Land Cover Data
2.2. Climate Data
2.3. Variable Reduction
2.4. Candidate Sets and Model Runs
2.5. Bayesian Modeling
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Intercept | 3500 m Percent Forest | 3500 m Percent Cypress–tupelo Wet Land | 500 m Edge Density Forest | 5000 m Percent Forest | Weekly Cumulative Precip t − 1 | Weekly Cumulative Precip t − 9 | DIC | WAIC | Delta WAIC | Relative Log Likelihood | WAIC w | Sum of the Cumulative WAIC w |
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−5.465 | X | 0.755 | 0.851 | X | X | 0.139 | 189.455 | 178.48 | 0 | 1 | 0.672 | 0.672 |
−5.406 | X | 0.765 | 0.782 | X | 0.309 | 0.168 | 192.175 | 180.441 | 1.961 | 0.375 | 0.252 | 0.924 |
−5.199 | X | 0.531 | X | 0.456 | X | 0.082 | 197.896 | 184.323 | 5.843 | 0.054 | 0.036 | 0.96 |
Intercept | 2000 m Edge Density Wet Land | Weekly Cumulative Precip t − 1 | Weekly Cumulative Precip t − 3 | 3500 Edge Density Wet Land | 5000 Edge Density Wet Land | Weekly Cumulative Precip t − 7 | DIC | WAIC | Delta WAIC | Rel LL | WAIC w | Sum |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
−3.687 | X | X | X | X | X | X | 303.483 | 298.005 | 0 | 1 | 0.740 | 0.740 |
−3.721 | X | 0.001 | −0.110 | X | X | X | 308.149 | 302.301 | 4.296 | 0.117 | 0.086 | 0.827 |
−3.710 | −0.128 | −0.005 | −0.120 | X | X | X | 309.626 | 304.053 | 6.048 | 0.049 | 0.036 | 0.863 |
−3.717 | X | −0.002 | −0.120 | −0.100 | X | X | 309.840 | 304.188 | 6.182 | 0.045 | 0.034 | 0.896 |
−3.717 | X | −0.002 | −0.120 | X | −0.100 | X | 309.840 | 304.188 | 6.182 | 0.045 | 0.034 | 0.930 |
-3.717 | X | 0.011 | −0.100 | X | X | 0.088 | 310.417 | 304.342 | 6.336 | 0.042 | 0.031 | 0.961 |
Model Rank 1 (Best) | |||
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mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant | |
Intercept | −5.4651 | −9.5433 | −1.3903 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 9 | 0.1386 | −0.6905 | 0.967 |
3500 m percent cypress–tupelo wetland | 0.7552 | 0.3056 | 1.2045 |
500 m edge density forest | 0.8507 | 0.2203 | 1.4806 |
Model Rank 2 | |||
mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant | |
Intercept | −5.406 | −8.958 | −1.856 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 9 | 0.168 | −0.662 | 0.999 |
500 m edge density forest | 0.782 | 0.136 | 1.426 |
3500 percent cypress–tupelo wetland | 0.765 | 0.299 | 1.231 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 1 | 0.309 | −0.246 | 0.864 |
Model Rank 3 | |||
Value | mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant |
Intercept | −5.199 | −8.257 | −2.144 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 9 | 0.082 | −0.68 | 0.843 |
5000 m percent forest | 0.456 | −0.141 | 1.051 |
3500 m percent cypress–tupelo wetland | 0.531 | 0.005 | 1.057 |
Model Rank 1 (Best) | |||
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Value | mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant |
Intercept | −3.687 | −6.468 | −0.909 |
Model Rank 2 | |||
Value | mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant |
Intercept | −3.721 | −6.542 | −0.902 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 1 | 0.001 | −0.591 | 0.591 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 3 | −0.111 | −0.67 | 0.447 |
Model Rank 3 | |||
mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant | |
Intercept | −3.71 | −6.42 | −1.002 |
2000 m edge density wetland | −0.128 | −0.476 | 0.219 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 1 | −0.005 | −0.595 | 0.585 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 3 | −0.117 | −0.676 | 0.441 |
Model Rank 4 | |||
mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant | |
Intercept | −3.717 | −6.469 | −0.968 |
3500 m edge density wetland | −0.1 | −0.438 | 0.237 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 1 | −0.002 | −0.593 | 0.587 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 3 | −0.115 | −0.673 | 0.444 |
Model Rank 5 | |||
mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant | |
Intercept | −3.717 | −6.469 | −0.968 |
5000 m edge density wetland | −0.1 | −0.438 | 0.237 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 1 | −0.002 | −0.593 | 0.587 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 3 | −0.115 | −0.673 | 0.444 |
Model Rank 6 | |||
mean | 0.025 quant | 0.975 quant | |
Intercept | −3.717 | −6.574 | −0.862 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 1 | 0.011 | −0.587 | 0.608 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 3 | −0.101 | −0.663 | 0.46 |
Weekly cumulative precip t − 7 | 0.088 | −0.376 | 0.552 |
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Campbell, L.P.; Guralnick, R.P.; Giordano, B.V.; Sallam, M.F.; Bauer, A.M.; Tavares, Y.; Allen, J.M.; Efstathion, C.; Bartlett, S.; Wishard, R.; et al. Spatiotemporal Modeling of Zoonotic Arbovirus Transmission in Northeastern Florida Using Sentinel Chicken Surveillance and Earth Observation Data. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 3388. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143388
Campbell LP, Guralnick RP, Giordano BV, Sallam MF, Bauer AM, Tavares Y, Allen JM, Efstathion C, Bartlett S, Wishard R, et al. Spatiotemporal Modeling of Zoonotic Arbovirus Transmission in Northeastern Florida Using Sentinel Chicken Surveillance and Earth Observation Data. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(14):3388. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143388
Chicago/Turabian StyleCampbell, Lindsay P., Robert P. Guralnick, Bryan V. Giordano, Mohamed F. Sallam, Amely M. Bauer, Yasmin Tavares, Julie M. Allen, Caroline Efstathion, Suzanne Bartlett, Randy Wishard, and et al. 2022. "Spatiotemporal Modeling of Zoonotic Arbovirus Transmission in Northeastern Florida Using Sentinel Chicken Surveillance and Earth Observation Data" Remote Sensing 14, no. 14: 3388. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143388