The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia
Introduction: Altered weather patterns and changes in precipitation, temperature and humidity resulting from climate change could affect the distribution and incidence of cholera. This study is to quantify climate-induced increase in morbidity rates of cholera. Material and Methods: Monthly cholera...
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| description | Introduction: Altered weather patterns and changes in precipitation, temperature and humidity resulting from climate change could affect the distribution and incidence of cholera. This study is to quantify climate-induced increase in morbidity rates of cholera. Material and Methods: Monthly cholera cases and monthly temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity data from 2004 to 2014 were obtained from the Malaysian Ministry of Health and Malaysian Meteorological Department, respectively. Poisson generalized linear models were developed to quantify the relationship between meteorological parameters and the number of reported cholera cases. Results: The findings revealed that the total number of cholera cases in Malaysia during the 11 year study period was 3841 cases with 32 deaths. Out of these, 45.1% of the cases were among children below 12 years old and 75% of the cases were from Sabah. Temperature and precipitation gave significant impact on the cholera cases in Sabah, (p<0.001) while precipitation were significant in Terengganu (p<0.001), and Sarawak (p=0.013). Monthly lag temperature data at Lag 0, 1, and 2 months were associated with the cholera cases in Sabah (p<0.001). The change in odds of having cholera cases were by the factor of 3.5 for every 1ºC increase in temperature. However, the contribution of rainfall was very mild, whereby an increase of 1 mm in precipitation will increase the excess risk of cholera by up to 0.8%. Conclusion: This study concludes that climate does influence the number of cholera cases in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | iium-810102020-07-20T04:25:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/ The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia Hassan, Noor Artika Hashim, Jamal Hisham Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita Mohd, Mohd Syazwan Faisal GE Environmental Sciences R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Introduction: Altered weather patterns and changes in precipitation, temperature and humidity resulting from climate change could affect the distribution and incidence of cholera. This study is to quantify climate-induced increase in morbidity rates of cholera. Material and Methods: Monthly cholera cases and monthly temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity data from 2004 to 2014 were obtained from the Malaysian Ministry of Health and Malaysian Meteorological Department, respectively. Poisson generalized linear models were developed to quantify the relationship between meteorological parameters and the number of reported cholera cases. Results: The findings revealed that the total number of cholera cases in Malaysia during the 11 year study period was 3841 cases with 32 deaths. Out of these, 45.1% of the cases were among children below 12 years old and 75% of the cases were from Sabah. Temperature and precipitation gave significant impact on the cholera cases in Sabah, (p<0.001) while precipitation were significant in Terengganu (p<0.001), and Sarawak (p=0.013). Monthly lag temperature data at Lag 0, 1, and 2 months were associated with the cholera cases in Sabah (p<0.001). The change in odds of having cholera cases were by the factor of 3.5 for every 1ºC increase in temperature. However, the contribution of rainfall was very mild, whereby an increase of 1 mm in precipitation will increase the excess risk of cholera by up to 0.8%. Conclusion: This study concludes that climate does influence the number of cholera cases in Malaysia. International Islamic University Malaysia 2020-04-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/1/Impact%20Climate%20-%20NAH.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/7/Scopus%20-%20The%20impacts%20of%20climate%20variability%20on%20cholera%20cases%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Hassan, Noor Artika and Hashim, Jamal Hisham and Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat and Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita and Mohd, Mohd Syazwan Faisal (2020) The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 19 (1). pp. 75-83. ISSN 1823-4631 https://journals.iium.edu.my/kom/index.php/imjm/article/view/1335 |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Hassan, Noor Artika Hashim, Jamal Hisham Wan Puteh, Sharifah Ezat Wan Mahiyuddin, Wan Rozita Mohd, Mohd Syazwan Faisal The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia |
| title | The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia |
| title_full | The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia |
| title_short | The impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in Malaysia |
| title_sort | impacts of climate variability on cholera cases in malaysia |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/1/Impact%20Climate%20-%20NAH.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/81010/7/Scopus%20-%20The%20impacts%20of%20climate%20variability%20on%20cholera%20cases%20in%20Malaysia.pdf |