@article{fdi:010037867,
  title = {{C}holera threat to humans in {G}hana is influenced by both global and regional climatic variability},
  author = {{C}onstantin de {M}agny, {G}uillaume and {C}azelles, {B}. and {G}u{\'e}gan, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}holera, an acute diarrheal illness, is caused by infection of the intestine with the bacterium {V}ibrio cholerae after ingestion of contaminated water or food. {T}he disease had disappeared from most of the developed countries in the last 50 years, but cholera epidemics remain a major public health problem in many developing countries, most often localized in tropical areas. {C}holera is an infectious disease for which a relationship between disease temporal patterns and climate has been demonstrated, but only in an endemic context and for local areas of {A}sia and {S}outh {A}merica. {U}ntil now, similar studies have not been done in an epidemic context, on the {A}frican continent, although the largest number of cholera cases has been reported for those countries by the {W}orld {H}ealth {O}rganization. {T}he wavelet method was used in order to explore periodicity in (i) a long-time monthly cholera incidence in {G}hana, {W}est {A}frica, (ii) proxy environmental variables, and (iii) climatic indices time series, from 1975 to 1995. {C}ross-analysis were done to explore links between these time series, i.e., between cholera and climate. {R}esults showed strong statistical association (coherency) from the end of the 1980s, between cholera outbreak resurgences in {G}hana and the climatic/environmental parameters under scrutiny. {F}urther examination of the existence of common spatial and temporal patterns in infectious diseases on the continent of {A}frica will permit development of more effective treatment of disease.},
  keywords = {cholera ; climate ; {A}frica ; communicable disease ; statistical ; disease outbreaks},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cohealth},
  volume = {3},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {223--231},
  ISSN = {1612-9202},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10393-006-0061-5},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037867},
}