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The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study
Mumps is an acute and common childhood disease caused by paramyxovirus. It has been reported that the occurrence of mumps is influenced by seasonality. However, the role of meteorological variables in the incidence of mumps remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship b...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34664880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027267 |
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author | Lin, Cheng-Yao Su, Shih-Bin Peng, Cheau-Jane Chen, Kow-Tong |
author_facet | Lin, Cheng-Yao Su, Shih-Bin Peng, Cheau-Jane Chen, Kow-Tong |
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description | Mumps is an acute and common childhood disease caused by paramyxovirus. It has been reported that the occurrence of mumps is influenced by seasonality. However, the role of meteorological variables in the incidence of mumps remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of mumps infection. Poisson regression analysis was used to study the relationship between weather variability and the incidence of mumps in Taiwan. Between 2012 and 2018, 5459 cases of mumps cases were reported to the Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan (Taiwan CDC). The occurrence of mumps virus infections revealed significant seasonality in the spring and summer seasons in Taiwan. The incidence of mumps virus infections began to increase at temperatures of 15°C and started to decline if the temperature was higher than 29°C (r(2) = 0.387, P = .008). Similarly, the number of mumps cases began to increase at a relative humidity of 65% to 69% (r(2) = 0.838, P < .029). The number of mumps cases was positively associated with temperature and relative humidity during the period preceding the infection. This study showed that the occurrence of mumps is significantly associated with increasing temperature and relative humidity in Taiwan. Therefore, these factors could be regarded as early warning signals and indicate the need to strengthen the intervention and prevention of mumps. |
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spelling | pubmed-84479932021-09-20 The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study Lin, Cheng-Yao Su, Shih-Bin Peng, Cheau-Jane Chen, Kow-Tong Medicine (Baltimore) 4400 Mumps is an acute and common childhood disease caused by paramyxovirus. It has been reported that the occurrence of mumps is influenced by seasonality. However, the role of meteorological variables in the incidence of mumps remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between meteorological factors and the incidence of mumps infection. Poisson regression analysis was used to study the relationship between weather variability and the incidence of mumps in Taiwan. Between 2012 and 2018, 5459 cases of mumps cases were reported to the Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan (Taiwan CDC). The occurrence of mumps virus infections revealed significant seasonality in the spring and summer seasons in Taiwan. The incidence of mumps virus infections began to increase at temperatures of 15°C and started to decline if the temperature was higher than 29°C (r(2) = 0.387, P = .008). Similarly, the number of mumps cases began to increase at a relative humidity of 65% to 69% (r(2) = 0.838, P < .029). The number of mumps cases was positively associated with temperature and relative humidity during the period preceding the infection. This study showed that the occurrence of mumps is significantly associated with increasing temperature and relative humidity in Taiwan. Therefore, these factors could be regarded as early warning signals and indicate the need to strengthen the intervention and prevention of mumps. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8447993/ /pubmed/34664880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027267 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | 4400 Lin, Cheng-Yao Su, Shih-Bin Peng, Cheau-Jane Chen, Kow-Tong The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study |
title | The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study |
title_full | The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study |
title_fullStr | The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study |
title_full_unstemmed | The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study |
title_short | The incidence of mumps in Taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: An observational study |
title_sort | incidence of mumps in taiwan and its association with the meteorological parameters: an observational study |
topic | 4400 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34664880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000027267 |
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