Association of Human Eastern Equine Encephalitis With Precipitation Levels in Massachusetts

Leonard A Mermel

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.20261

Association of Human Eastern Equine Encephalitis With Precipitation Levels in Massachusetts

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jan 3;3(1):e1920261. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.20261.

Author

Leonard A Mermel^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Infection Control, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the association of annual precipitation levels with annual rates of human Eastern equine encephalitis infection in Massachusetts.

MeSH terms

Animals
Climate*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Culicidae / microbiology*
Disease Vectors*
Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine / epidemiology*
Encephalomyelitis, Eastern Equine / transmission*
Humans
Massachusetts / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Zoonoses / epidemiology*
Zoonoses / transmission*