The spatial heterogeneity between Japanese encephalitis incidence distribution and environmental variables in Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Impoinvil, Daniel E ^a   Solomon, Tom ^a   Schluter, W William ^b   Rayamajhi, Ajit ^a,c   Bichha, Ram Padarath ^d   Shakya, Geeta ^d   Caminade, Cyril ^a   Baylis, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Kanti Children's Hospital   (Nepal)

^d Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; INCIDENCE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LAND USE; NEPAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; SUIDAE;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPAL; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960637438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022192     Document Type: Article

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