Permissive Summer Temperatures of the 2010 European West Nile Fever Upsurge

In the summer of 2010, Europe experienced outbreaks of West Nile Fever (WNF) in humans, which was preceded by hot spells. The objective of this study was to identify potential drivers of these outbreaks, such as spring and summer temperatures, relative humidity (RH), and precipitation. Pearson and l...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 2; p. e56398
Main Authors:	Paz, Shlomit, Malkinson, Dan, Green, Manfred S., Tsioni, Gil, Papa, Anna, Danis, Kostas, Sirbu, Anca, Ceianu, Cornelia, Katalin, Krisztalovics, Ferenczi, Emőke, Zeller, Herve, Semenza, Jan C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 19.02.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Animal Migration Animals Biology Climate change Correlation Culex Culex pipiens Culicidae Disease Disease Outbreaks Disease prevention Disease transmission Encephalitis Environmental studies Epidemics Epidemiology Europe - epidemiology Fever Horse Diseases - epidemiology Horse Diseases - virology Horses Hot spells Humans Humidity Incidence Infections Latitude Medicine Meningitis Morbidity Mosquitoes open climate campaign Outbreaks Precipitation Precipitation (Meteorology) Rainfall Relative humidity Seasons Summer Summer temperatures Surveillance Temperature Temperature effects Vector-borne diseases Vectors (Biology) West Nile fever West Nile Fever - epidemiology West Nile Fever - veterinary West Nile virus Europe Hungary Israel
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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