Regional-scale climate-variability synchrony of cholera epidemics in West Africa
Regional-scale climate-variability synchrony of cholera epidemics in West Africa
The relationship between cholera and climate was explored in Africa, the continent with the most reported cases, by analyzing monthly 20-year cholera time series for five coastal adjoining West African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. We used wavelet analyses and derived methods because these are useful mathematical …