The association of rainfall and Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia.

• Main Authors: Arvind Yerramilli (Author), Ee Laine Tay (Author), Andrew J Stewardson (Author), Janet Fyfe (Author), Daniel P O'Brien (Author), Paul D R Johnson (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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BACKGROUND:Buruli ulcer has been increasing in incidence in southeastern Australia with unclear transmission mechanisms. We aimed to investigate the link between rainfall and case numbers in two endemic areas of the state of Victoria; the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas. METHODOLOGY:We created y...