Multiyear climate variability and dengue - El Niño southern oscillation, weather, and dengue incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand: A longitudinal data analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Johansson, Michael A ^a,b   Cummings, Derek A T ^b   Glass, Gregory E ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; EL NINO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THAILAND; WEATHER; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

RAIN;

CLIMATE; DENGUE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; WEATHER;

EID: 72949114078     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000168     Document Type: Article

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