El Niño Southern Oscillation and leptospirosis outbreaks in New Caledonia.

• Main Authors: Daniel Weinberger (Author), Noémie Baroux (Author), Jean-Paul Grangeon (Author), Albert I Ko (Author), Cyrille Goarant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis is an important cause of seasonal outbreaks in New Caledonia and the tropics. Using time series derived from high-quality laboratory-based surveillance from 2000-2012, we evaluated whether climatic factors, including El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and meteorological conditions al...