Rotavirus infections and climate variability in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A time-series analysis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1281-1289

  Hashizume, M ^a,b   Armstrong, B ^b   Wagatsuma, Y ^c   Faruque, A S G ^d   Hayashi, T ^e   Sack, D A ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RIVER; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 48249091644     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009776     Document Type: Article

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