Published May 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Weather variables and the El Niño Southern Oscillation may drive the epidemics of dengue in Guangdong Province, China

  • 1. Department of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515 (China)
  • 2. Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430 (China)

Description

Highlights: • Dengue in Guangdong does not have an obvious multiyear periodicity. • Temperature, precipitation, relative humidity and ENSO are positively related to dengue incidence for different lag months. • ENSO in the previous year may drive dengue epidemics. • Monthly minimum temperature in the previous two months may be the most important climatic variable. To investigate the periodicity of dengue and the relationship between weather variables, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and dengue incidence in Guangdong Province, China.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.200

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.200;
PII
S0048969717336331;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Science of the Total Environment
Journal Volume
624
Journal Page Range
p. 926-934
ISSN
0048-9697
CODEN
STENDL

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
53014035
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CHINA; CLIMATES; HUMIDITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIRUSES; WEATHER
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; PARASITES

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