Climatic Drivers of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Incidence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive associations have been noted between temperature and diarrhea incidence, but considerable uncertainty surrounds quantitative estimates of this relationship because of pathogen-specific factors and a scarcity of data on the influence of meteorological factors on the risk of disease. Quantifying these relationships is important for disease prevention and climate change adaptation.

Methods

To address these issues, we performed a systematic literature review of studies in which at least 1 full year of data on the monthly incidence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli were reported. We characterized seasonal patterns of disease incidence from 28 studies. In addition, using monthly time- and location-specific weather data for 18 studies, we performed univariate Po

SUBMITTER: Philipsborn R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4907410 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature