Regional impact of climate on Japanese encephalitis in areas located near the three gorges dam.

BACKGROUND: In this study, we aim to identify key climatic factors that are associated with the transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in areas located near the Three Gorges Dam, between 1997 and 2008. METHODS: We identified three geographical regions of Chongqing, based on their distance from...

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Main Authors: Yuntao Bai, Zhiguang Xu, Jing Zhang, Deqiang Mao, Chao Luo, Yuanyuan He, Guodong Liang, Bo Lu, Michael S Bisesi, Qinghua Sun, Xinyi Xu, Weizhong Yang, Qiyong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3880291?pdf=render