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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Seasonal Patterns of Japanese Encephalitis and Associated Meteorological Factors in Taiwan.

Che-Liang Lin, Hsiao-Ling Chang, Chuan-Yao Lin, Kow-Tong Chen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Che-Liang LinInternal Medicine Chest Division, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan 736, Taiwan. lilytang19@gmail.com.
Hsiao-Ling ChangDivision of Infection Control and Biosafety, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei 104, Taiwan. hlchang@cdc.gov.tw.
Chuan-Yao LinResearch Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, 115, Taiwan. yao435@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Kow-Tong ChenDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Tainan Municipal Hospital (Managed by Show Chwan Medical Care Corporation), Tainan 701, Taiwan. ktchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The persistent transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in Taiwan necessitates exploring the risk factors of occurrence of Japanese encephalitis (JE). The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of JE in Taiwan. We collected data for cases of JE reported to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) from 2000 to 2014. Meteorological data were obtained from the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau. The relationships between weather variability and the incidence of JE in Taiwan were determined via Poisson regression analysis and a case-crossover methodology. During the 15-year study period, a total of 379 cases of JE were reported. The incidence of JE showed significant seasonality, with the majority of cases occurring in summertime (for oscillation,

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