Association between hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome epidemic and climate factors in Heilongjiang Province, China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1006-1012

  Li, Chang Ping ^a   Cui, Zhuang ^a   Li, Shen Long ^b   Magalhaes, Ricardo J Soares ^c   Wang, Bao Long ^a   Zhang, Cui ^d   Sun, Hai Long ^b   Li, Cheng Yi ^b   Huang, Liu Yu ^b   Ma, Jun ^a   Zhang, Wen Yi ^b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84888621317     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0473     Document Type: Article

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