Spatio-temporal analysis of the relationship between meteorological factors and hand-foot-mouth disease in Beijing, China

Abstract Background Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease in China and occurs mostly in infants and children. Beijing is a densely populated megacity, in which HFMD has been increasing in the last decade. The aim of this study was to quantify spatio-temporal characteristics o...

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Main Authors: Lin Tian, Fengchao Liang, Meimei Xu, Lei Jia, Xiaochuan Pan, Archie C. A. Clements
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3071-3

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