Permissive summer temperatures of the 2010 European West Nile fever upsurge.

BACKGROUND: In the summer of 2010, Europe experienced outbreaks of West Nile Fever (WNF) in humans, which was preceded by hot spells. The objective of this study was to identify potential drivers of these outbreaks, such as spring and summer temperatures, relative humidity (RH), and precipitation. M...

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Main Authors: Shlomit Paz, Dan Malkinson, Manfred S Green, Gil Tsioni, Anna Papa, Kostas Danis, Anca Sirbu, Cornelia Ceianu, Krisztalovics Katalin, Emőke Ferenczi, Herve Zeller, Jan C Semenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3576399?pdf=render