Nonlinear and delayed impacts of climate on dengue risk in Barbados: A modelling study

Over the last 5 years (2013-2017), the Caribbean region has faced an unprecedented crisis of co-occurring epidemics of febrile illness due to arboviruses transmitted by the Aedes sp. mosquito (dengue, chikungunya, and Zika). Since 2013, the Caribbean island of Barbados has experienced 3 dengue outbr...

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Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 15; no. 7; p. e1002613
Main Authors:	Lowe, Rachel, Gasparrini, Antonio, Van Meerbeeck, Cédric J., Lippi, Catherine A., Mahon, Roché, Trotman, Adrian R., Rollock, Leslie, Hinds, Avery Q. J., Ryan, Sadie J., Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 17.07.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Aedes - virology Analysis Animals Aquatic insects Barbados Barbados - epidemiology Bayes Theorem Bayesian analysis Biology and life sciences Climate Climate change Climate effects Decision making Dengue Dengue - diagnosis Dengue - epidemiology Dengue - transmission Dengue - virology Dengue fever Dengue Virus - pathogenicity Disease Outbreaks Disease transmission Disease Vectors Drought Droughts Earth Sciences Ecology Ecology and Environmental Sciences Environmental risk Epidemics Excess rainfall Exposure Fever Floods Health risk assessment Hot Temperature - adverse effects Humans Hydrologic data Hydrologic models Hydrology Hygiene Indicators Influence Internet Malalties víriques Mathematical models Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Meteorology Mosquitoes Mosquits Nonlinear Dynamics open climate campaign Outbreaks Parameter estimation People and places Precipitation Public health Rain Rainfall Risk Assessment Risk Factors Studies Temperature Time Factors Trends Tropical diseases Vector-borne diseases Virus diseases Water shortages Weather Zika virus Barbados New York United Kingdom > UK United States > US Brazil Mexico Florida Spain
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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