Seasonality of rotavirus in south asia: A meta-analysis approach assessing associations with temperature, precipitation, and vegetation index

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jagai, Jyotsna S ^a,b   Sarkar, Rajiv ^c   Castronovo, Denise ^d   Kattula, Deepthi ^c   McEntee, Jesse ^e   Ward, Honorine ^b,c   Kang, Gagandeep ^c   Naumova, Elena N ^b,c,f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Mapping Sustainability   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LATITUDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETATION; ASIA; CHILD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ROTAVIRUS;

ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLANTS; RAIN; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861676269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038168     Document Type: Article

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