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TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of vaccination coverage and climate on Japanese encephalitis in sarawak, malaysia
AU - Impoinvil, Daniel E
AU - Ooi, Mong How
AU - Diggle, Peter
AU - Caminade, Cyril
AU - Cardosa, Mary Jane
AU - Morse, Andrew P
AU - Baylis, Matthew
AU - Solomon, Tom
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis across Asia with approximately 70,000 cases a year and 10,000 to 15,000 deaths. Because JE incidence varies widely over time, partly due to inter-annual climate variability effects on mosquito vector abundance, it becomes more complex to assess the effects of a vaccination programme since more or less climatically favourable years could also contribute to a change in incidence post-vaccination. Therefore, the objective of this study was to quantify vaccination effect on confirmed Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in Sarawak, Malaysia after controlling for climate variability to better understand temporal dynamics of JE virus transmission and control.
AB - Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis across Asia with approximately 70,000 cases a year and 10,000 to 15,000 deaths. Because JE incidence varies widely over time, partly due to inter-annual climate variability effects on mosquito vector abundance, it becomes more complex to assess the effects of a vaccination programme since more or less climatically favourable years could also contribute to a change in incidence post-vaccination. Therefore, the objective of this study was to quantify vaccination effect on confirmed Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in Sarawak, Malaysia after controlling for climate variability to better understand temporal dynamics of JE virus transmission and control.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002334
DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002334
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - e2334
JO - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
IS - 8
ER -