The role of El Niño southern oscillation (ENSO) on variations of monthly Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases at the cayenne general hospital, 1996-2009, French Guiana

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Carme Bernard, Nacher Mathieu, Adenis Antoine, Hanf Matthieu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Soi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-100; https://doaj.org/article/ebd6381a4fa241d398b8c59542329be9

Abstract Background Malaria remains a serious problem in French Guiana, which is at potential risk for drought linked with the El Niño Event and where there could be a risk of malaria epidemic after the onset of an El Niño event. Methods A time series analysis using ARIMA was developed to investigat...