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dc.contributor.authorPaul, Bryan
dc.contributor.authorTham, W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:10:22Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:10:22Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:47:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationPaul, B. and Tham, W. 2015. Interrelation between Climate and Dengue in Malaysia. Health. 7 (6): pp. 672-678.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71524
dc.identifier.doi10.4236/health.2015.76080
dc.description.abstract

Dengue cases in Malaysia are on the rise and have worsened since last decade, and this has generally been attributed to human actions. However, the effects of climate in this situation have been un-der-mentioned. We argue that climate also plays a role in spreading dengue transmission and mul-tiple studies have shown that climate and transmission of infectious diseases are closely intercon-nected. Our evaluation examines how local climate influences dengue transmission by studying two parameters, specifically local average surface temperature and average precipitation, and we as-sume that a changing climate will influence the number of reported dengue cases and mortality rates. We also study the potential impact of climate change on the transmission of dengue and its distribution over a large geographical region, and have found that dengue and infectious diseases in general tend to be widespread in regions with higher or increasing surface temperature.

dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing
dc.titleInterrelation between Climate and Dengue in Malaysia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume7
dcterms.source.number6
dcterms.source.startPage672
dcterms.source.endPage678
dcterms.source.issn1949-4998
dcterms.source.titleHealth
curtin.departmentCurtin Malaysia
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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