Examining rainfall and cholera dynamics in Haiti using statistical and dynamic modeling approaches

Epidemics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 197-207

  Eisenberg, Marisa C ^a,b   Kujbida, Gregory ^c   Tuite, Ashleigh R ^c   Fisman, David N ^c   Tien, Joseph H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholera; Haiti; Mathematical modeling; Rainfall; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISTRIBUTED LAG NON LINEAR MODEL; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSCEPTIBLE INFECTIOUS WATER RECOVERED MODEL; UNITED NATIONS; URBAN AREA;

CHOLERA; HAITI; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

CHOLERA; HAITI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84888297086     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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