| assessing weather effects on dengue disease in malaysia. | the number of dengue cases has been increasing on a global level in recent years, and particularly so in malaysia, yet little is known about the effects of weather for identifying the short-term risk of dengue for the population. the aim of this paper is to estimate the weather effects on dengue disease accounting for non-linear temporal effects in selangor, kuala lumpur and putrajaya, malaysia, from 2008 to 2010. we selected the weather parameters with a poisson generalized additive model, and ... | 2013 | 24287855 |
| the place of health and the health of place: dengue fever and urban governance in putrajaya, malaysia. | this case study investigates the connections among urban planning, governance and dengue fever in an emerging market context in the global south. key informant interviews were conducted with leading figures in public health, urban planning and governance in the planned city of putrajaya, malaysia. drawing on theories of urban political ecology and ecosocial epidemiology, the qualitative study found the health of place - expressed as dengue-bearing mosquitoes and dengue fever in human bodies in t ... | 2012 | 22310527 |