Influence of extreme weather and meteorological anomalies on outbreaks of influenza A (H1N1)

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 741-749

  Xiao, Hong ^a   Tian, HuaiYu ^a   Lin, XiaoLing ^a   Gao, LiDong ^b   Dai, XiangYu ^a   Zhang, XiXing ^c   Chen, BiYun ^c   Zhao, Jian ^d   Xu, JingZhe ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Changsha Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

absolute humidity; geographic information system; influenza A (H1N1); meteorological anomaly; SIR model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874498631     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5571-7     Document Type: Article

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