Seasonal influenza activity in Hong Kong and its association with meteorological variations

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1797-1806

  Chan, Paul K S ^a   Mok, H Y ^b   Lee, T C ^b   Chu, Ida M T ^a   Lam, Wai Yip ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Hong kong; Influenza; Meteorology; Season; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; VACCINATION; WINTER;

CLIMATE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 69949132893     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21551     Document Type: Article

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