São Paulo urban heat islands have a higher incidence of dengue than other urban areas

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 146-155

  Araujo, Ricardo Vieira ^a   Albertini, Marcos Roberto ^b   Costa da Silva, André Luis ^c,d   Suesdek, Lincoln ^c,e   Franceschi, Nathália Cristina Soares ^b   Bastos, Nancy Marçal ^b   Katz, Gizelda ^b   Cardoso, Vivian Ailt ^b   Castro, Bronislawa Ciotek ^b   Capurro, Margareth Lara ^c,d   Allegro, Vera Lúcia Anacleto Cardoso ^b  

^a Secretaria de Políticas e Programas de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento   (Brazil)

^b Gerência de Vigilancia de Saude Ambiental Coordenacao de Vigilancia em Saúde SMS PMSP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Institute of Molecular Entomology   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dengue; Land surface temperature; Urban heat islands; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENGUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPOSITION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925876542     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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