The geographic synchrony of seasonal influenza: A waves across Canada and the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Schanzer, Dena L ^a   Langley, Joanne M ^b   Dummer, Trevor ^c   Aziz, Samina ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; INFLUENZA;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

CANADA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959624087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021471     Document Type: Article

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