Influenza transmission during a one-year period (2009-2010) in a Sahelian city: Low temperature plays a major role

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-89

  Jusot, Jean François ^a   Adamou, Lagaré ^a   Collard, Jean Marc ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

Climate; Influenza; Temperature; Time series; Transmission

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NASOPHARYNX; NIGER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857050297     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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