Different responses of Japanese encephalitis to weather variables among eight climate subtypes in Gansu, China, 2005–2019

Table 1 Characteristic of mean weekly JE incidence rate by climate zones in Gansu Province from 2005 to 2019

Climate zone	Mean incidence rate in weeks with JE cases	Mean weekly peaking incidence rate
BWk	0.033	0.057
BSk	0.037	0.130
Cwa	0.236	1.517
Cwb	0.205	1.872
Dwa	0.167	0.772
Dwb	0.054	0.549
Dwc	0.098	0.099
ET	0	0.000

BWk temperate arid, BSk temperate semi-arid, Cwa subtropical winter dry, Cwb temperate oceanic continental, Dwa and Dwb continental winter dry, Dwa was characterized by snow climate, dry winter, and hot summer, Dwb was characterized by snow climate, dry winter, and warm summer, Dwc subpolar winter dry, ET alpine climate

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