El Nino-Southern Oscillation and vector-borne diseases in Anhui, China

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-100

  Bi, Peng ^a   Parton, Kevin A ^b   Tong, Shilu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; SOI; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FORECASTING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; RAIN; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 23844545812     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.95     Document Type: Article

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