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Weather factors, PCV intervention and childhood pneumonia in rural Bangladesh
International Journal of Biometeorology ( IF 3.2 ) Pub Date : 2019-12-17 , DOI: 10.1007/s00484-019-01842-7
Mohammad Zahid Hossain 1 , Shilu Tong 1, 2, 3 , Hilary Bambrick 1 , Al Fazal Khan 4 , Samar Kumar Hore 5 , Wenbiao Hu 1
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Available evidence is limited on the association between weather factors and childhood pneumonia, especially in developing countries. This study examined the effects of weather variability on childhood pneumonia after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) intervention in rural Bangladesh. Data on pneumonia cases and weather variables (temperature and relative humidity) between the 1st January 2012 and the 31st December 2016 were collected from Matlab Hospital, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and Bangladesh Meteorological Department, respectively. Time series cross-correlation functions were applied to identify the time lags of the effect of each weather factor on pneumonia. Generalized linear regression model with Poisson link was used to quantify the association between weather factors and childhood pneumonia after adjustment of PCV intervention. The annual incidence rate of pneumonia reduced from 5691/100,000 to 2000/100,000 after PCV intervention. Generalized linear regression model suggested that temperature had a negative association with childhood pneumonia (relative risk, 0.985; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.974–0.997), and PCV intervention was a protective factor with the relative risk estimate of 0.489 (95% CI, 0.435–0.551). However, no substantial association was found with relative humidity. PCV intervention appeared protective against childhood pneumonia, and temperature might be associated with this disease in children. Our findings may help inform public health policy, including the potential of development of early warning systems based on weather factors and PCV for the control and prevention of pneumonia in lower middle-income country like Bangladesh.
更新日期:2019-12-17
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