Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Whereas previous researchers have noted that seasonal peaks in the numbers of houseflies and patients suffering from Shigella diarrheal infection seemed to coincide, this is the first research to quantify the association using time-series statistical methods. The results show that houseflies could a...

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Main Authors: Farag, Tamer H., Faruque, Abu S., Wu, Yukun, Das, Sumon K., Hossain, Anowar, Ahmed, Shahnawaz, Ahmed, Dilruba, Nasrin, Dilruba, Kotloff, Karen L., Panchilangam, Sandra, Nataro, James P., Cohen, Dani, Blackwelder, William C., Levine, Myron M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688559/