Open AccessCorrelation between rainfall and the prevalence of scrub typhus: an observation from a tropical endemic country
Author(s) -
Rujittika Mungmunpuntipantip,
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0719-532X
pISSN - 0719-3904
DOI - 10.32457/ijmss.v8i1.663
Subject(s) - scrub typhus , tropical disease , malaria , epidemiology , typhus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , geography , endemic disease , correlation , tropical medicine , neglected tropical diseases , tropics , climatology , disease , veterinary medicine , medicine , ecology , biology , virology , immunology , pathology , mathematics , geology , geometry
The effect of climatological parameter on infectious disease is an interesting issue in clinical epidemiology. Of several parameters, rainfall is reported for its interrelationship with many tropical diseases such as malaria. In this short communication, the authors report the observation on correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of scrub typhus from a tropical endemic country