Comparison of the incidence of influenza in relation to climate factors during 2000-2007 in five countries

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1958-1965

  Tang, Julian W ^a   Lai, Florence Y L ^b   Nymadawa, P ^c   Deng, Yi Mo ^d   Ratnamohan, Mala ^e   Petric, Martin ^f   Loh, Tze Ping ^g   Tee, Nancy W S ^g   Dwyer, Dominic E ^e   Barr, Ian G ^d   Wong, Felix Y W ^h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c National Center of Communicable Diseases   (Mongolia)

^d Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^g KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate; Incidence of influenza; Relative humidity; Seasons; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MONGOLIA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SINGAPORE; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MONGOLIA; RAIN; SEASONS; SINGAPORE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952118132     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21892     Document Type: Article

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