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Article: Association between temperature, humidity and ebolavirus disease outbreaks in Africa, 1976 to 2014

TitleAssociation between temperature, humidity and ebolavirus disease outbreaks in Africa, 1976 to 2014
Authors
Issue Date2014
PublisherEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.eurosurveillance.org/Public/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx
Citation
Eurosurveillance, 2014, v. 19 n. 35, p. pii=20892 How to Cite?
AbstractEbolavirus disease (EVD) outbreaks have been occurring sporadically in Central Africa since 1976. In 2014, the first outbreak in West Africa was reported in Guinea. Subsequent outbreaks then appeared in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The study of environmental factors underlying EVD epidemiology may provide useful insights into when and where EVD outbreaks are more likely to occur. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the association between climatic factors and onset of EVD outbreaks in humans. Our results suggest lower temperature and higher absolute humidity are associated with EVD outbreak onset in the previous EVD outbreaks in Africa during 1976 to 2014. Potential mechanisms through which climate may have an influence on ebolavirus infection in the natural host, intermediate hosts and humans are discussed. Current and future surveillance efforts should be supported to further understand ebolavirus transmission events between and within species.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/205480
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2023 Impact Factor: 9.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.881

 

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dc.contributor.authorNg, S-
dc.contributor.authorBasta, NE-
dc.contributor.authorCowling, BJ-
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-20T02:36:24Z-
dc.date.available2014-09-20T02:36:24Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationEurosurveillance, 2014, v. 19 n. 35, p. pii=20892-
dc.identifier.issn1025-496X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/205480-
dc.description.abstractEbolavirus disease (EVD) outbreaks have been occurring sporadically in Central Africa since 1976. In 2014, the first outbreak in West Africa was reported in Guinea. Subsequent outbreaks then appeared in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The study of environmental factors underlying EVD epidemiology may provide useful insights into when and where EVD outbreaks are more likely to occur. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the association between climatic factors and onset of EVD outbreaks in humans. Our results suggest lower temperature and higher absolute humidity are associated with EVD outbreak onset in the previous EVD outbreaks in Africa during 1976 to 2014. Potential mechanisms through which climate may have an influence on ebolavirus infection in the natural host, intermediate hosts and humans are discussed. Current and future surveillance efforts should be supported to further understand ebolavirus transmission events between and within species.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.eurosurveillance.org/Public/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx-
dc.relation.ispartofEurosurveillance-
dc.titleAssociation between temperature, humidity and ebolavirus disease outbreaks in Africa, 1976 to 2014-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailCowling, BJ: bcowling@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityCowling, BJ=rp01326en_US
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dc.identifier.pmid25210981-
dc.identifier.hkuros240184-
dc.identifier.volume19-
dc.identifier.issue35-
dc.identifier.spagepii=20892-
dc.identifier.epagepii=20892-
dc.publisher.placeSweden-
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