Increasing Trends of Guillain-Barr\'e Syndrome (GBS) and Dengue in Hong Kong
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The correlations between GBS, dengue, Multivariate El Nino Southern Oscillation Index (MEI) and local meteorological data were explored by the Spearman Rank correlations and cross-correlations between these time series. Poisson regression models were fitted to identify nonlinear associations between MEI and dengue. Cross wavelet analysis was applied to infer potential non-stationary oscillating associations among MEI, dengue and GBS.
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