Influenza-associated morbidity in subtropical Taiwan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 589-599

  Liao, Chung Min ^a   Chang, Szu Yuan ^a   Chen, Szu Chieh ^b   Chio, Chia Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Influenza; Models; Morbidity; Seasonality; Subtropics; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAIWAN; WEATHER;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORBIDITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; SEASONS; TAIWAN; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 68949176793     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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