Citation
Wu, Jianyong; Yunus, Mohammad; Streatfield, Peter Kim; & Emch, Michael E. (2014). Association of Climate Variability and Childhood Diarrhoeal Disease in Rural Bangladesh, 2000-2006. Epidemiology & Infection, 142(9), 1859-1868. PMCID: PMC6698384Abstract
This study examined the effects of meteorological factors, particularly, extreme weather events, on the prevalence of childhood diarrhoeal disease in Matlab, Bangladesh. Logistic regression models were used to examine impacts of temperature, rainfall and the extreme weather factors (the number of hot days and days with heavy rainfall) on childhood diarrhoea from 2000 to 2006 at the bari (cluster of dwellings) level. The results showed that the increases in the number of hot days and days with heavy rainfall were associated with an increase in daily diarrhoea cases by 0.8-3.8% and 1-6.2%, respectively. The results from multivariable stepwise models showed that the extreme weather factors were still positively associated with childhood diarrhoea, while the associations for average temperature and rainfall could be negative after other variables were controlled. The findings showed that not only the intensity, but also the frequency of extreme weather events had significant effects on childhood diarrhoea.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095026881300277xReference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2014Journal Title
Epidemiology & InfectionAuthor(s)
Wu, JianyongYunus, Mohammad
Streatfield, Peter Kim
Emch, Michael E.