Association between temperature, Humidity and ebolavirus disease outbreaks in Africa, 1976 to 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Ng, S ^a   Basta, N E ^a   Cowling, B J ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84907753316     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.35.20892     Document Type: Article

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