title: Regional development and seasonality of communicable diseases in rural Andhra Pradesh, India.
abstract: This paper explores the seasonality of morbidity due to communicable diseases in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district has been divided into development regions using cluster analysis. Seasonality of selected communicable diseases is then compared with the levels of development. It is shown that seasonality is most pronounced in the least developed region of the district. In the most developed region, seasonality of morbidity is low. The paper supports the general hypothesis that there is a decreased seasonality of illness as development takes place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Kent State University, OH 44242.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008433:Mathematics; D012424:Rural Population; D012621:Seasons