Climate variability and the outbreaks of cholera in Zanzibar, East Africa: A time series analysis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 862-869

  Reyburn, Rita ^a   Kim, Deok Ryun ^b   Emch, Michael ^c   Khatib, Ahmed ^d   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b   Ali, Mohammad ^b  

^a IVI   (Tanzania)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79958763442     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0277     Document Type: Article

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