Erratum to: The Role of Weather in Meningitis Outbreaks in Navrongo, Ghana: A Generalized Additive Modeling Approach (J. Agric. Biol. Environ. Stat, 10.1007/s13253-012-0095-9);The Role of Weather in Meningitis Outbreaks in Navrongo, Ghana: A Generalized Additive Modeling Approach

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 442-460

  Dukić, Vanja ^a   Hayden, Mary ^b   Forgor, Abudulai Adams ^c   Hopson, Tom ^b   Akweongo, Patricia ^d   Hodgson, Abraham ^d   Monaghan, Andrew ^b   Wiedinmyer, Christine ^e   Yoksas, Tom ^e   Thomson, Madeleine C ^f   Trzaska, Sylwia ^f   Pandya, Raj ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c War Memorial Hospital   (Ghana)

^d NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; GAM; Ghana; Humidity; Meningitis; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRY SEASON; EPIDEMIC; HUMIDITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MENINGITIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

GHANA; NAVRONGO; UPPER EAST REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866730593     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-012-0109-7     Document Type: Erratum

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