São Paulo urban heat islands have a higher incidence of dengue than other urban areas
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São Paulo urban heat islands have a higher incidence of dengue than other urban areas.
Urban heat islands are characterized by high land surface temperature, low humidity, and poor vegetation, and considered to favor the transmission of the mosquito-borne dengue fever that is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. We analyzed the recorded dengue incidence in Sao Paulo city, Brazil, in 2010-2011, in terms of multiple environmental and socioeconomic variables. Geographical info...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.10.004