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Association between ambient temperature and varicella among adults in Qingdao, China during 2008-2019.
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research; Jul2023, Vol. 33 Issue 7, p629-638, 10p, 2 Diagrams, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Little concern has been paid to the relationship between temperature and varicella among adults. Daily meteorological data and varicella cases in Qingdao among adults from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2019 were collected. A combination of quasi-Poisson generalized additive model (GAM) and distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) was conducted to assess the temperature-lag-varicella relationship. We also estimated the lag-response curves for different temperatures and the exposure-response relationships for different lag days. The number of varicella cases was 10,296. Compared with the minimum-varicella temperature (25°C), we found the largest effect of temperature on varicella within 21 lag days was at 1°C (RR, 6.72; 95% CI, 2.90–15.57), and then the effect declined as the temperature increased. A similar trend of rising first and then falling was found in temperature-response curves for different lag days. A reverse U-shape lag pattern was found for different levels of temperatures. Temperature may affect varicella. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09603123
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Health Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164617621
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2022.2043251