Assessing climate variability effects on dengue incidence in San Juan, Puerto Rico

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9409-9428

  Méndez Lázaro, Pablo ^a   Muller Karger, Frank E ^b   Otis, Daniel ^b   McCarthy, Matthew J ^b   Peña Orellana, Marisol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dengue transmission; Extreme weather; Puerto Rico; San Juan

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; CITY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908061129     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909409     Document Type: Article

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