Bayesian joint spatiotemporal modelling of primary infection and reinfection of HFMD at county level in Jiangsu, China, 2009–2023
摘要
Over the past decade, multiple outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) have occurred in East Asia, especially in China. It is crucial to understand the distribution pattern and risk factors of HFMD while also studying the corresponding characteristics of reinfections. This paper aims to jointly analyze the spatiotemporal distribution and influential factors of primary infection and reinfection of HFMD in Jiangsu province, China, under the Bayesian framework. Using county-level monthly HFMD counts from 2009 to 2023, we proposed four spatiotemporal hierarchical models with latent effects shared in the reinfection sub-model to evaluate the influence of air pollution, meteorological factors, and demographic characteristics on primary infection and reinfection of HFMD. The integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) approach estimated model parameters and quantified the spatial and temporal random effects. The optimal model with spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal interaction effects indicated a significant positive influence of NO