Epidemiological aspects of influenza A related to climatic conditions during and after a pandemic period in the city of Salvador, northeastern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 229-235

  Silva, Rosangela de Castro ^a   Siqueira, Marilda Agudo Mendonça ^d   Netto, Eduardo Martins ^a   Bastos, Jacione Silva ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana Maria ^b   Vilas Boas, Ana Luisa ^c   Bouzas, Maiara Lana ^c   Motta, Fernando do Couto ^d   Brites, Carlos ^a  

^a Laboratório de Pesquisa em Infectologia   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Pediatria   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A(H1N1)pdm09; Children; Climate; Epidemiology; Influenza; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; WEATHER;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; COINFECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; PANDEMICS; RAIN; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; VIRAL LOAD; WEATHER;

EID: 84897870711     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140273     Document Type: Article

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