Weather variables and Japanese encephalitis in the metropolitan area of Jinan city, China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 551-556

  Bi, Peng ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Parton, Kevin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Japanese encephalitis; Metropolitan; Threshold; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; CLIMATE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEALTH; WEATHER;

EID: 36049050686     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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