The role of temperature and humidity on seasonal influenza in tropical areas: Guatemala, El Salvador and Panama, 2008-2013

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Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Soebiyanto, Radina P ^a,b   Clara, Wilfrido ^c   Jara, Jorge ^d   Castillo, Leticia ^e   Sorto, Oscar Rene ^f   Marinero, Sidia ^f   Barnett De Antinori, María E ^g   McCracken, John P ^d   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^c   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^c   Kiang, Richard K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e Guatemala Ministry of Public Health and Welfare   (Guatemala)

^f Ministry of Health of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^g National Influenza Center IC Gorgas   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PANAMA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TROPICS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRANSMISSION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY;

GUATEMALA; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; PANAMA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84903517924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100659     Document Type: Article

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