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Predicting Ross River Virus Epidemics from Regional Weather Data

Date

Authors

Woodruff, Rosalie

Guest, Charles

Garner, Michael

Becker, Niels

Lindesay, Janette

Carvan, Terence

Ebi, Kristie

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

Background. Diseases caused by arboviruses cause extensive mortality and morbidity throughout the world. Weather directly affects the breeding, abundance, and survival of mosquitoes, the principal vector of many arboviruses. The goal of this study was to

Keywords

Keywords: Arbovirus; article; Australia; climate change; epidemic; human; mosquito; priority journal; risk management; Ross River alpha virus; seasonal variation; statistical analysis; weather; Alphavirus Infections; Animals; Australia; Climate; Culicidae; Disease Arbovirus; Australia; Climate; Climate change; Early warning; Prediction; Ross River virus disease; Vector-borne

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72043

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Epidemiology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1097/00001648-200207000-00005

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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