Abstract:Background: Climate factors are known to influence seasonal patterns of dengue transmission
However, little is known about the effect of extreme heat on the severity of dengue infection,
such as hospital admission. We aimed to quantify the effect of ambient temperature on dengue
hospitalisation risk in Brazil
Methods: We retrieved daily dengue hospitalisation counts by each of 5,570 municipalities
across the 27 states of Brazil from 1st of January 2010 to 31st of December 2019, from the
Brazilian Public Hospit… Show more
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