Impact of meteorological factors on mumps and potential effect modifiers: An analysis of 10 cities in Guangxi, Southern China.

CONCLUSIONS: Meteorological factors, such as temperature and wind speed, exert a significant impact on the incidence of mumps. The relationship varies depending on gender and age. Socioeconomic factors such as vaccination, GDP, geographical latitude, etc. may substantially affect the weather-related mumps incidence.
PMID: 29966878 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environmental Research - June 29, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yu G, Yang R, Yu D, Cai J, Tang J, Zhai W, Wei Y, Chen S, Chen Q, Zhong G, Qin J Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research