Weather-driven variation in dengue activity in Australia examined using a process-based modeling approach

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-72

  Bannister Tyrrell, Melanie ^a   Williams, Craig ^b   Ritchie, Scott A ^c   Rau, Gina ^b   Lindesay, Janette ^d   Mercer, Geoff ^e   Harley, David ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SIMULATION; ZOOLOGY;

DENGUE; HUMANS; QUEENSLAND; WEATHER;

EID: 84872301978     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0451     Document Type: Article

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