The Effect of Meteorological Variables on the Transmission of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Four Major Cities of Shanxi Province, China: A Time Series Data Analysis (2009-2013)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Wei, Junni ^a   Hansen, Alana ^b   Liu, Qiyong ^c,d   Sun, Yehuan ^e   Weinstein, Phil ^f   Bi, Peng ^b  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORBIDITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; INCIDENCE;

CHINA; CITIES; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928800026     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003572     Document Type: Article

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