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Mohammadi N, Kamali K, Abedini Y, Ahadnejad M, Azari M. Medical Meteorology;the Relationship between Meteorological Parameters (Humidity, Rainfall, Wind, and Temperature) and Brucellosis in Zanjan Province. jhehp 2016; 1 (3) :149-158
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Medical Meteorology;the Relationship between Meteorological Parameters (Humidity, Rainfall, Wind, and Temperature) and Brucellosis in Zanjan Province
Nahideh Mohammadi1 , Koorosh Kamali2 , Yousefali Abedini *3 , Mohsen Ahadnejad4 , Mehdi Azari5
1- Department of Environmental Science, Science Faculty, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
2- Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
3- Department of Physics, Science Faculty, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
4- Center for Research in Climate Change and Global Warming (CRCC), IASBS, Zanjan, Iran.
5- Department of Urban Planning, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
Abstract:   (9965 Views)

Background: Brucellosis (Malta fever) is a major contagious zoonotic disease, with economic and public health importance.
Methods: To assess the effect of meteorological (temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind) and climate parameters on incidence of brucellosis, brucellosis distribution and meteorological zoning maps of Zanjan Province were prepared using Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) and Kriging technique in Arc GIS medium. Zoning maps of mean temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind were compared to brucellosis distribution maps.
Results:Correlation test showed no relationship between the mean number of patients with brucellosis and any of the four meteorological parameters.
Conclusion: It seems that in Zanjan province there is no correlation between brucellosis and meteorological parameters.

Keywords: Brucellosis, Meteorological parameters, Zanjan
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Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering
Received: 2016/04/17 | Accepted: 2016/06/5 | Published: 2016/06/19
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