Projecting the impact of climate change on the transmission of Ross River virus: Methodological challenges and research needs

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2013-2023

  Yu, W ^a   Dale, P ^b   Turner, L ^a   Tong, S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; projection; rainfall; Ross River virus; temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; LARVAL STAGE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSS RIVER VIRUS INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIDE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 84906239090     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814000399     Document Type: Review

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