Effects of weather factors on dengue fever incidence and implications for interventions in Cambodia

• Main Authors: Youngjo Choi (Author), Choon Siang Tang (Author), Lachlan McIver (Author), Masahiro Hashizume (Author), Vibol Chan (Author), Rabindra Romauld Abeyasinghe (Author), Steven Iddings (Author), Rekol Huy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors are sensitive to their environment. Temperature, rainfall and humidity have well-defined roles in the transmission cycle. Therefore changes in these conditions may contribute to increasing incidence. The aim of this study was to examine t...