Weather effects on hand, foot, and mouth disease at individual level: a case-crossover study

Weather effects on hand, foot, and mouth disease at individual level: a case-crossover study

Abstract Background Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) raises an urgent public health issue in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in China. The associations between weather factors and HFMD have been widely studied but with inconsistent results. Moreover, previous studies utilizing ecological des...

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Main Authors: Zhicheng Du, Shao Lin, Tia Marks, Wangjian Zhang, Te Deng, Shicheng Yu, Yuantao Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease
Case-crossover
Weather effect
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4645-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4645-4

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