A link between the North Atlantic Oscillation and measles dynamics during the vaccination period in England and Wales

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-314

  Lima, Mauricio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Annual data; Feedback structure; Logistic models; Measles dynamics; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROWTH RATE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEASLES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MEASLES; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; WALES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62149137633     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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