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Is daily mean temperature associated with the risk of varicella in Lanzhou, China?
Is daily mean temperature associated with the risk of varicella in Lanzhou, China?
Both low and high daily mean temperatures are associated with an increased risk of varicella in Lanzhou, China, particularly affecting children aged 6-14 years.
May inform local varicella surveillance during temperature extremes; leaves open causality and generalizability.
We conclude that the increasing risk of varicella is associative with low and high temperature in Lanzhou. The effects of low temperature are stronger than those of high temperature. The children aged 6-14 years belong to the high-risk population of varicella.
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