Correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of scrub typhus: an observation from a tropical endemic country
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The effect of climatological parameter on infectious disease is an interesting issue in clinical epidemiology. Of several parameters, rainfall is reported for its interrelationship with many tropical diseases such as malaria. In this short communication, the authors report the observation on correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of scrub typhus from a tropical endemic country.
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