Published May 2018
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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.2017.12.200Additional 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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- Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.