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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020
Research

Game Animal Density, Climate, and Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Finland, 2007–2017

Timothée DubComments to Author , Jukka Ollgren, Sari Huusko, Ruut Uusitalo, Mika Siljander, Olli Vapalahti, and Jussi Sane
Author affiliations: European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (T. Dub); Finnish institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland (T. Dub, J. Ollgren, S. Huusko, J. Sane); University of Helsinki, Helsinki (R. Uusitalo, M. Siljander, O. Vapalahti); Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki (O. Vapalahti)

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Table 3

Ecologic parameters associated with tick-borne encephalitis incidence, Finland, 2007–2017*

Species Coefficient (95% CI of coefficient) IR (95% CI) p value AIC BIC
Moose (Alces alces) –0.011 (–0.025 to 0.002) 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.11 1034.1
 1101.1
Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) –0.067 (–0.131 to –0.003) 0.94 (0.88–1.00) 0.04
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 0.037 (0.009–0.064) 1.04 (1.01–1.07) 0.01
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) 0.004 (–0.000 to 0.008) 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.08
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
 0.007 (–0.001 to 0.015)
 1.01 (1.00–1.02)
 0.09
*Based on the yearly number of moose, roe deer, white-tailed deer, mountain hare, and red fox killed by hunters, adjusted for average minimum temperature with a 1-month lag, trend over time, and 12-month periodicity. AIC, Akaike information criterion of the multivariable time series model; BIC, Bayesian information criterion of the multivariable times series model; IR, incidence ratio.

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