Epidemiologic features of shigellosis and associated climatic factors in Taiwan
| Autor: | Kow-Tong Chen, Chuan-Yao Lin, Chian-Ching Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Shigellosis Hot Temperature Adolescent Taiwan Prevalence Observational Study shigellosis Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Poisson Distribution 030212 general & internal medicine Child climate Dysentery Bacillary Transmission (medicine) business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Humidity modeling General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease climatic factors Population Surveillance 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female Seasons business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1536-5964 0025-7974 |
| Popis: | The consistent, sporadic transmission of shigellosis in Taiwan necessitates an exploration of risk factors for the occurrence of shigellosis. The purpose of this study was to study the epidemiologic characteristics and the relationship between climatic factors and the incidence of shigellosis in Taiwan. We collected data from cases of shigellosis reported to the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) from 2001 to 2016. Climatic data were obtained from the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau. The relationships between weather variability and the incidence of shigellosis in Taiwan were determined via Poisson regression analyses. During the 16-year study period, a total of 4171 clinical cases of shigellosis were reported to the Taiwan CDC. Among them, 1926 (46.2%) were classified as confirmed cases. The incidence of shigellosis showed significant seasonality, with the majority of cases occurring in summertime (for oscillation, P |
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