Shortcomings of vitamin D-based model simulations of seasonal influenza

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Jeon, Christie Y ^a   Giovannucci, Edward ^b   Lipsitch, Marc ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; SEASON; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79958049441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020743     Document Type: Article

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