Ecological niche modeling identifies fine-scale areas at high risk of dengue fever in the pearl river delta, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Li, Qiaoxuan ^a,b   Ren, Hongyan ^b   Zheng, Lan ^b,c   Cao, Wei ^b   Zhang, An ^b   Zhuang, Dafang ^b   Lu, Liang ^d   Jiang, Huixian ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Environmental conditions; Foshan; Guangzhou; Maxent; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; FOSHAN; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

CHINA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS;

EID: 85020376141     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060619     Document Type: Article

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