Increasing similarity in the dynamics of influenza in two adjacent subtropical Chinese cities following the relaxation of border restrictions

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART3, 2014, Pages 531-538

  Tan, Yi ^a,b   Lam, Tommy Tsan Yuk ^c   Wu, Chunli ^d   Lee, Shui Shan ^b   Viboud, Cécile ^a   Zhang, Renli ^d   Weinberger, Daniel M ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CITIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84894076776     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.059998-0     Document Type: Article

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