Identifying flood-related infectious diseases in Anhui Province, China: A spatial and temporal analysis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 741-749

  Gao, Lu ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Ding, Guoyong ^c   Liu, Qiyong ^d   Jiang, Baofa ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHOLERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; FLOODING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PLAGUE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGELLOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL REGRESSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISASTER; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DISASTERS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FLOODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 84963644273     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0338     Document Type: Article

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