A Nice Day for an Infection? Weather Conditions and Social Contact Patterns Relevant to Influenza Transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Willem, Lander ^a   van Kerckhove, Kim ^b   Chao, Dennis L ^c   Hens, Niel ^a,b   Beutels, Philippe ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS SURVIVAL; WEATHER;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEATHER;

EID: 84869125782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048695     Document Type: Article

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