Background
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that affects between 50 and 100 million people each year. Increasing our understanding of the heterogeneous transmission patterns of dengue at different spatial scales could have considerable public health value by guiding intervention strategies.
Methods
Based on the weekly number of dengue cases in Perú by province, we investigated the association between dengue incidence during the period 1994-2008 and demographic and climate factors across geographic regions of the country.
Results
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- Chowell-Puente, Gerardo (Contributor)
- Cazelles, Bernard (Author)
- Broutin, Helene (Author)
- Munayco, Cesar V. (Author)
- Simon M. Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center (Contributor)
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change (Contributor)
- 2011-06-08
- Digital object identifier: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-164
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1471-2334
- The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-11-164, opens in a new window
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Chowell, G., Cazelles, B., Broutin, H., & Munayco, C. V. (2011). The influence of geographic and climate factors on the timing of dengue epidemics in Perú, 1994-2008. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11(1). doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-164