Association of early annual peak influenza activity with El Niñ o southern oscillation in Japan

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 127-130

  Zaraket, Hassan ^a   Saito, Reiko ^a   Tanabe, Naohito ^a   Taniguchi, Kiyosu ^b   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual peak; El Ni o southern oscillation; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Japan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TREND STUDY; WINTER;

CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 65249126757     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2008.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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