Analysis of effects of meteorological factors on dengue incidence in Sri Lanka using time series data.

In tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and South-eastern Asia, dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) outbreaks occur frequently. Previous studies indicate an association between meteorological variables and dengue incidence using time series analyses. The impacts of meteorolog...

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Main Authors: Kensuke Goto, Balachandran Kumarendran, Sachith Mettananda, Deepa Gunasekara, Yoshito Fujii, Satoshi Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3650072?pdf=render