Regional response of dengue fever epidemics to interannual variation and related climate variability

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 947-958

  Liao, Chung Min ^a   Huang, Tang Luen ^a   Lin, Yi Jun ^a   You, Shu Han ^a   Cheng, Yi Hsien ^a   Hsieh, Nan Hung ^b   Chen, Wei Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Economic Affairs   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Dengue; Interannual variation; Mosquito; Statistical indicator; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DENGUE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MOSQUITO; STATISTICAL INDICATORS; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EPIDEMIC; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84961327135     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0948-6     Document Type: Article

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