Nonlinear and delayed impacts of climate on dengue risk in Barbados: A modelling study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Lowe, Rachel ^a,b   Gasparrini, Antonio ^a   Van Meerbeeck, Cédric J ^c   Lippi, Catherine A ^d   Mahon, Roché ^c   Trotman, Adrian R ^c   Rollock, Leslie ^e   Hinds, Avery Q J ^f   Ryan, Sadie J ^d,g   Stewart Ibarra, Anna M ^h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Husbands   (Barbados)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

^f CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^h SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; RAIN;

AEDES; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER MODEL; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; MOSQUITO VECTOR; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DROUGHT; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; HEAT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOGENICITY; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WEATHER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BARBADOS; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; DROUGHTS; FLOODS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 85051137940     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002613     Document Type: Article

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