Influenza epidemics in iceland over 9 decades: Changes in timing and synchrony with the United States and Europe

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 649-655

  Weinberger, Daniel M ^a   Krause, Tyra Grove ^b   Molbak, Kåre ^b   Cliff, Andrew ^c   Briem, Haraldur ^d,f   Viboud, Cécile ^a   Gottfredsson, Magnus ^a,e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Protection   (Iceland)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

airline; Iceland; influenza; synchrony; transportation; wavelets

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODICITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866947811     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws140     Document Type: Article

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