Climate variability, animal reservoir and transmission of scrub typhus in Southern China.

OBJECTIVES:We aimed to evaluate the relationships between climate variability, animal reservoirs and scrub typhus incidence in Southern China. METHODS:We obtained data on scrub typhus cases in Guangzhou every month from 2006 to 2014 from the Chinese communicable disease network. Time-series Poisson...

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Main Authors: Yuehong Wei, Yong Huang, Xiaoning Li, Yu Ma, Xia Tao, Xinwei Wu, Zhicong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-03-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5358896?pdf=render