ArticleJournal of epidemiology2013
High temperature as a risk factor for infectious diarrhea in Shanghai, China.
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- Investigation of the impacts of climate change and rising temperature on food poisoning cases in Malaysia.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Meteorological and social conditions contribute to infectious diarrhea in China.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Spatial heterogeneity of bacillary dysentery and the impact of temperature in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
- Active Yeast but Not Henhouse Environment Affects Dropping Moisture Levels in Egg-Laying Hens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Impact of temperature on hospital admission for acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) among pre-school children in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
- Characterizing the contribution of high temperatures to child undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent studies indicate that ambient temperature could be a risk factor for infectious diarrhea, but evidence for such a relation is limited in China.
methodsWe investigated the short-term association between daily temperature and physician-diagnosed infectious diarrhea during 2008-2010 in Shanghai, China. We adopted a time-series approach to analyze the data and a quasi-Poisson regression model with a natural spline-smoothing function to adjust for long-term and seasonal trends, as well as other time-varying covariates.
resultsThere was a significant association between temperature and outpatient visits for diarrhea. A 1°C increase in the 6-day moving average of temperature was associated with a 2.68% (95% CI: 1.83%, 3.52%) increase in outpatient visits for diarrhea. We did not find a significant association between rainfall and infectious diarrhea.
conclusionsHigh temperature might be a risk factor for infectious diarrhea in Shanghai. Public health programs should focus on preventing diarrhea related to high temperature among city residents.
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