ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2015
The association between the incidence of mumps and meteorological parameters in Taiwan.
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- Meta-analysis of the effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on the risk of mumps.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
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- High seropositivity of Mumps virus IgG antibodies in unvaccinated population of Mwanza, Tanzania: a community-based study.African health sciences · 2025Article
- Epidemiological Features, Clinical Symptoms, and Environmental Risk Factors for Notifiable Japanese Encephalitis in Taiwan From 2008 to 2020: Retrospective Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Atypical Mumps; are We Heading Towards an Outbreak?Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- The impact of temperature, humidity and closing school on the mumps epidemic: a case study in the mainland of China.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association between Meteorological Factors and Mumps and Models for Prediction in Chongqing, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Mumps and Meteorological Factors in Shandong Province, China Based on a Two-Stage Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study.Medicine · 2021Observational
- Associations between Meteorological Factors and Reported Mumps Cases from 1999 to 2020 in Japan.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Non-linear relationships and interactions of meteorological factors on mumps in Jinan, China.International journal of biometeorology · 2021Article
- Effects of meteorological factors on the incidence of mumps and models for prediction, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Ambient air pollution and its influence on human health and welfare: an overview.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Review
- Epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed mumps infections in South Africa, 2012-2017: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Current Status of Mumps Virus Infection: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Vaccine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Effects of extreme meteorological factors on daily mumps cases in Hefei, China, during 2011-2016.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- The role of meteorological factors on mumps incidence among children in Guangzhou, Southern China.PloS one · 2020Article
- Epidemiological Characteristics and Spatiotemporal Analysis of Mumps from 2004 to 2018 in Chongqing, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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- Time series analysis of mumps and meteorological factors in Beijing, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
Mumps is caused by a paramyxovirus. It is an acute, but mild infectious disease. However, approximately 10% of patients with mumps can develop severe meningoencephalitis, disability, and death. Seasonal patterns in mumps vary across countries, but the reasons for this phenomenon remain unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the role of meteorological factors on mumps infection. We investigated the relationships between weather variability and the incidence of mumps in Taiwan using a Poisson regression analysis and case-crossover methodology. Between 2006 and 2011, 6,612 cases of mumps were reported to the Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan (Taiwan CDC). The incidence of mumps showed a significant seasonality in summertime (for oscillation, P < 0.001). The number of mumps started to increase at temperatures of 20°C (r(2) = 0.73, P < 0.001), and the case count of mumps began to decline when the temperatures were higher than approximately 25°C (r(2) = 0.24, p = 0.04), producing an inverted V-shaped relationship. Similarly, the number of mumps began to increase at a vapor pressure of 5-9 hPa (r(2) = 0.87, P < 0.005) and decreased at a vapor pressure higher than 25-29 hPa (r(2) = 0.21, p = 0.05). The number of mumps cases was positively associated with temperature and vapor pressure in the preceding period of the infection. In conclusion, this study showed that the occurrence of mumps is significantly associated with increasing temperature and vapor pressure in Taiwan. Therefore, these factors could be regarded as warning signals indicating the need to implement preventive measures.
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