Affiliations 

  • 1 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
  • 2 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre
  • 3 Unisel Bestari Jaya Campus
  • 4 Institute for Medical Research, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Ministry of Environment , 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia
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Abstract

Altered weather patterns and changes in precipitation, temperature and humidity resulting from climate change could affect the distribution and incidence of cholera. This study is to quantify climate-induced increase in morbidity rates of cholera. Material and Methods:Monthly cholera cases and monthly temperature, precipitation, and relative humidity data from 2004 to 2014 were obtained from the Malaysian Ministry of Health and Malaysian Meteorological Department, respectively. Poisson generalized linear models were developed to quantify the relationship between meteorological parameters and the number of reported cholera cases. Results:The findings revealed that the total number of cholera cases in Malaysia during the 11 year study period was 3841 cases with 32 deaths. Out of these, 45.1% of the cases were among children below 12 years old and 75% of the cases were from Sabah. Temperature and precipitation gave significant impact on the cholera cases in Sabah, (p