Seasonality of infectious diseases

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-143

  Fisman, David N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Disease transmission; Environment; Periodicity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SPRING; WINTER;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 34249742034     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.28.021406.144128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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