Seasonality of human leptospirosis in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) and its association with meteorological data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Desvars, Amélie ^a,b,e   Jégo, Sylvaine ^c   Chiroleu, Frédéric ^c   Bourhy, Pascale ^d   Cardinale, Eric ^a,b   Michault, Alain ^e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Centre Régional de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Emergentes de l'Océan   (France)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Groupe Hospitalier Sud Réunion GHSR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REUNION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; INDIAN OCEAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASON;

ANIMALIA;

HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 79957909901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020377     Document Type: Article

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