Seasonality of reported tuberculosis cases from 2006 to 2010 in Wuhan, China

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2036-2048

  Luo, T ^a   Sumi, A ^b   Zhou, D ^a   Kobayashi, N ^a   Mise, K ^b   Yu, B ^a   Kong, D ^a   Wang, J ^c   Duan, Q ^c  

^a Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Wuhan Commission of Global Fund TB Project Wuhan Tuberculosis Institution   (China)

Author keywords

Influenza; seasonality; spectral analysis; time series analysis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROL STRATEGY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROOM VENTILATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SPUTUM SMEAR; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SPECTROSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VENTILATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

EID: 84906320291     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813003142     Document Type: Article

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