Figure 1
From: Transmission of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease and Its Potential Driving Factors in Hong Kong
HFMD epidemic and transmission, absolute humidity and school vacations in Hong Kong, 2010–2014.
(A)Weekly effective reproduction number (Rt) of hand foot and mouth disease in Hong Kong, 2010–2014. Blue dots and vertical solid line represent non-smoothed weekly Rt and its 95% confidence interval (CI). Green lines and the green shade represent smoothed weekly Rt and its 95% CI. The dashed line represents the Rt threshold of 1. (B)Weekly mean absolute humidity in Hong Kong, 2010–2014. The 95% CI was estimated using bootstrap. The histogram in the two panels represents the weekly number of HFMD-associated hospitalizations while the light grey bars represent weeks in school vacations.
