The influence of meteorology on the spread of influenza: Survival analysis of an equine influenza (A/H3N8) outbreak

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Firestone, Simon M ^a   Cogger, Naomi ^b   Ward, Michael P ^a   Toribio, Jenny Ann L M L ^a   Moloney, Barbara J ^c   Dhand, Navneet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EQUINE INFLUENZA; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME; VELOCITY; WIND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WIND;

EID: 84859945804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035284     Document Type: Article

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