Association of melioidosis incidence with rainfall and humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 159-162

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Pang, Long ^a   Sim, Siew Hoon ^b   Goh, Kee Tai ^a,c   Ravikumar, Sharada ^a   Win, Mar Soe ^a   Tan, Gladys ^b   Cook, Alex Richard ^a,d   Fisher, Dale ^a,e   Chai, Louis Yi Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SINGAPORE; SURFACE SOIL; TEMPERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RAIN; SEASONS; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84919675232     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2101.140042     Document Type: Article

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