Correlation between mumps and meteorological factors in Xiamen City, China: A modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mumps is a seasonal infectious disease, always occurring in winter and spring. In this study, we aim to analyze its epidemiological characteristics, transmissibility, and its correlation with meteorological variables.

Method

A seasonal Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious/Asymptomatic-Recovered model and a next-generation matrix method were applied to estimate the time-dependent reproduction number (R _t ).

Results

The seasonal double peak of annual incidence was mainly in May to July and November to December. There was high transmission at the median of R _t  = 1.091 (ranged: 0 to 4.393). R _t was seasonally distributed mainly from February to April and from September to Novembe

SUBMITTER: Huang JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature