Changes in Rodent Abundance and Weather Conditions Potentially Drive Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Outbreaks in Xi’an, China, 2005–2012

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Tian, Huai Yu ^a   Yu, Peng Bo ^b   Luis, Angela D ^c,d,e   Bi, Peng ^f   Cazelles, Bernard ^g,h   Laine, Marko ⁱ   Huang, Shan Qian ^a   Ma, Chao Feng ^j   Zhou, Sen ^k   Wei, Jing ^b   Li, Shen ^b   Lu, Xiao Ling ^l   Qu, Jian Hui ^l   Dong, Jian Hua ^b   Tong, Shi Lu ^m   Wang, Jing Jun ^b   Grenfell, Bryan ^d,e   Xu, Bing ^a,k  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaanxi Provincial Centre for Disease Control AndPrevention   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^h ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

ⁱ FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j Infectious Disease Department Xi'an Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^k TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l Hu County Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Shaanxi Province   (China)

^m QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRUSH SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; HABITAT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; HANTAAN VIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HANTAAN VIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENTIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928805911     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003530     Document Type: Article

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