Predicting Unprecedented Dengue Outbreak Using Imported Cases and Climatic Factors in Guangzhou, 2014

2015141 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Shaowei Sang

Shaohua Gu · National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

Peng Bi · University of Adelaide

Weizhong Yang · Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention

Zhicong Yang · Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Lei Xu · National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

Jun Yang · National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Together with the sole transmission vector Aedes albopictus, imported cases, monthly minimum temperature and monthly accumulative precipitation may be used to develop a low-cost effective early warning system.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control Viral Infections and Vectors Malaria Research and Control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Volume 9, Issue 5, pp. e0003808-e0003808

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003808

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