Atmospheric Moisture Variability and Transmission of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome in Changsha City, Mainland China, 1991-2010

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Xiao, Hong ^a   Tian, Huai Yu ^a   Cazelles, Bernard ^b,c   Li, Xiu Jun ^d   Tong, Shi Lu ^e   Gao, Li Dong ^f   Qin, Jian Xin ^a   Lin, Xiao Ling ^a   Liu, Hai Ning ^a   Zhang, Xi Xing ^g  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g Changsha Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOISTURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84879547554     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002260     Document Type: Article

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