Open AccessWarmer Weather as a Risk Factor for Cellulitis: A Population-based Investigation
Author(s) -
Ryan A. Peterson,
Linnea A. Polgreen,
Daniel K. Sewell,
Philip M. Polgreen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix487
Subject(s) - cellulitis , medicine , odds ratio , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , population , seasonality , odds , abscess , risk factor , demography , surgery , logistic regression , environmental health , statistics , physics , mathematics , sociology , optics
The incidence of cellulitis is highly seasonal and this seasonality may be explained by changes in the weather, specifically, temperature.
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