Influence of temperature and rainfall on the evolution of cholera epidemics in Lusaka, Zambia, 2003-2006: analysis of a time series

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-143

  Luque Fernández, Miguel Ángel ^a   Bauernfeind, Ariane ^b   Jiménez, Julio Díaz ^c   Gil, Cristina Linares ^a   Omeiri, Nathalie El ^a,d   Guibert, Dionisio Herrera ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training EPIET   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Cholera; Climate; Epidemics; Mathematical modelling; Zambia

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZAMBIA;

CHOLERA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 58149316461     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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