Article / Environmental and bioclimatic data for epidemiological analysis over French Mediterranean areas

Portes, C., Ienco, D., Verdin, E., Gabriel, E. (2025) Environmental and bioclimatic data for epidemiological analysis over French Mediterranean areas. Environmental Data Science, 3, e31. https://doi.org/10.1017/eds.2024.50

Abstract: Risk-based surveillance is now a well-established paradigm in epidemiology, involving the distribution of sampling efforts differentially in time, space, and within populations, based on multiple risk factors. To assess and map the risk of the presence of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, we have compiled a dataset that includes factors influencing plant development and thus the spread of such harmful organism. To this end, we have collected, preprocessed, and gathered information and data related to land types, soil compositions, and climatic conditions to predict and assess the probability of risk associated with X. fastidiosa in relation to environmental features. This resource can be of interest to researchers conducting analyses on X. fastidiosa and, more generally, to researchers working on geospatial modeling of risk related to plant infectious diseases.