Climatic Factors Affecting on Influenza Casesin Nakhon Si Thammarat
This study investigated the climatic factors associated
with Influenza incidence in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Southern
Thailand. Climatic factors comprised of the amount of rainfall,
percent of rainy days, relative humidity, wind speed, maximum,
minimum temperatures and temperature difference. A multiple
stepwise regression technique was used to fit the statistical model.
The result showed that the temperature difference and percent of
rainy days were positively associated with Influenza incidence in
Nakhon Si Thammarat.
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Tokyo," Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., vol. 56, pp. 15-64, 2003.
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the pandemic prediction," Jpn. J. Public Health, vol. 50, pp. 18-15,
2003.
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has the relationship changed in recent years?," Popul. Trends, vol. 54,
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and L. B. Schonberger, "The impact of Influenza epidemics on
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during Influenza season: effect on school absenteeism, parental
absenteeism from work, and secondary illness in families," Arch.
Pediatr. Adolesc. Med., vol. 156, pp. 986-991, 2002.
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vol. 78, pp. 202-205, 1988.
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Ministry of Public Health.
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epidemiology in Thailand: description and forecasting of epidemics,"
Microbes Infect, vol. 4 (7), pp. 699-705, 2002.
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Littlefield, 1986.
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and N. de Wet, "Climate Change and Infectious Disease," in Climate
Change and Human Helath, A. J. McMicheal, D. H. Campbell-Lendrum,
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Zuckerman, "Medical Microbiology," 3rd ed, New York: Mosby, 2004.
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"Regular pattern of respiratory syncytial virus and rotavirus infections
and relation to weather in Stockholm," Clin. Microbiol. Infect., vol. 3,
pp. 640-646, 1997.
[19] H. S. Izurieta, W. W. Thompson, P. Kramarz, D. K. Shay, R. L. Davis, F.
De Stefano, S. Black, H. Shinefield, and K. Fukada, "Influenza and the
rates of hospitalization for respiratory disease among infants and young
children," N. Engl. J. Med., vol. 342, pp. 232-239, 2000.
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London: Page Bros, 1986.
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 563 pp., 2000.
[22] M. Meade and R. Earickson, Medical Geography, 2nd ed. New York:
The Guilford Press, 2000.
[23] R. E. Hope-Simpson, The Transmission of Epidemic Influenza. New
York: Plenum Press, 1992.
[1] M. Urashima, "A Seasonal Model to Simulate Influenza Oscillation in
Tokyo," Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., vol. 56, pp. 15-64, 2003.
[2] R. C. Baron, R. C. Dicker, K. E. Bussell, and J. L. Herndon, "Assessing
trends in mortality in 121 U.S. cities, 1970-1979, from all cases and from
pneumonia and influenza," Public Health Rep., vol. 103, pp. 120-128,
1988.
[3] R. N. Anderson, "Deaths: leading causes for 2000," Natl. Vital. Stat.
Rep., vol. 50, pp. 1-85, 2002.
[4] S. Inouye, Y. Matsudaira, and Y. Sugihara, "Marks for Influenza
Patients: Measurement of Airflow from the Mouth," Jpn. J. Infect. Dis.,
vol. 59, pp. 179-181, 2006.
[5] H. Miyamoto, K. Sahara, and M. Sugienda, "Sero-epidemiological
analysis of Influenza pandemics in Shizaoka prefecture and all Japan,"
Intern. Congress Series, pp. 413-416, 2004.
[6] H. Miyamoto, K. Sahara, and M. Sugienda, "Sero-epidemiological
analysis of Influenza pandemics in Shizaoka prefecture and all Japan,"
Intern. Conf. Options Control Influenza V, Okinawa, Japan, 2003.
[7] H. Miyamoto, "Study on the analysis of active dynamic surveillance of
influenza and the pandemic prediction," Ann. Rep. Natl. Prog. Res.
Functional Empowerment Examination Regional Health Inst. Scientific
EBM, pp. 18-27, 2001.
[8] H. Miyamoto, "Analysis of active dynamic surveillance of influenza and
the pandemic prediction," Jpn. J. Public Health, vol. 50, pp. 18-15,
2003.
[9] M. Curmen, and T. Devid, "Winter mortality, temperature and Influenza:
has the relationship changed in recent years?," Popul. Trends, vol. 54,
pp. 17-20, 1988.
[10] L. Simonsen, M. J. Clarke, G. D. Williamson, D. F. Stroup, N. H. Arden,
and L. B. Schonberger, "The impact of Influenza epidemics on
mortality: introducing a severity index," Am. J. Public Health, vol. 87,
pp. 944-950, 1997.
[11] K. M. Neuzil, C. Hohlbein, and Y. Zhu, "Illness among schoolchildren
during Influenza season: effect on school absenteeism, parental
absenteeism from work, and secondary illness in families," Arch.
Pediatr. Adolesc. Med., vol. 156, pp. 986-991, 2002.
[12] M. Arca, O. F. Di, F. Forastiere, C. Tasco, and C. A. Perucci, "Years of
potential life lost (YPLL) before age 65 in Italy," Am. J. Public Health,
vol. 78, pp. 202-205, 1988.
[13] Thailand, Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, the
Ministry of Public Health.
[14] P. Barbazan, S. Yoksan, and J. P. Gonzalez, "Dengue hemorrhagic fever
epidemiology in Thailand: description and forecasting of epidemics,"
Microbes Infect, vol. 4 (7), pp. 699-705, 2002.
[15] G. F. Pyle, "The Diffusion of Influenza," New Jersey: Rowland &
Littlefield, 1986.
[16] J. A. Patz, A. K. Githeko, J. P. McCarty, S. Hussein, U. Confalonieri,
and N. de Wet, "Climate Change and Infectious Disease," in Climate
Change and Human Helath, A. J. McMicheal, D. H. Campbell-Lendrum,
C. F. Corvalan, K. L. Ebi, A. K. Githeko, J. D. Scheraga and A.
Woodward eds. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2003.
[17] C. Mims, H. Dockrell, R. Goering, I. Roitt, I. Wakelin, and M.
Zuckerman, "Medical Microbiology," 3rd ed, New York: Mosby, 2004.
[18] M. Reyes, M. Eriksson, R. Bennet, K. O. Hedlund, and A. Ehrnst,
"Regular pattern of respiratory syncytial virus and rotavirus infections
and relation to weather in Stockholm," Clin. Microbiol. Infect., vol. 3,
pp. 640-646, 1997.
[19] H. S. Izurieta, W. W. Thompson, P. Kramarz, D. K. Shay, R. L. Davis, F.
De Stefano, S. Black, H. Shinefield, and K. Fukada, "Influenza and the
rates of hospitalization for respiratory disease among infants and young
children," N. Engl. J. Med., vol. 342, pp. 232-239, 2000.
[20] A. Cliff, P. Haggett, and J. Ord, Spatial Aspects of Influenza Epidemics.
London: Page Bros, 1986.
[21] A. D. Cliff, P. Haggett, and M. R. Smallman-Raynor, Island Epidemics,
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 563 pp., 2000.
[22] M. Meade and R. Earickson, Medical Geography, 2nd ed. New York:
The Guilford Press, 2000.
[23] R. E. Hope-Simpson, The Transmission of Epidemic Influenza. New
York: Plenum Press, 1992.
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with Influenza incidence in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Southern
Thailand. Climatic factors comprised of the amount of rainfall,
percent of rainy days, relative humidity, wind speed, maximum,
minimum temperatures and temperature difference. A multiple
stepwise regression technique was used to fit the statistical model.
The result showed that the temperature difference and percent of
rainy days were positively associated with Influenza incidence in
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