Differences in influenza seasonality by latitude, Northern India

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1723-1726

  Koul, Parvaiz A ^a   Broor, Shobha ^b   Saha, Siddhartha ^c   Barnes, John ^c   Smith, Catherine ^c   Shaw, Michael ^c   Chadha, Mandeep ^d   Lal, Renu B ^c  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; LATITUDE; METEOROLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS; INDIA; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASON;

HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASONS;

EID: 84907288532     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2010.140431     Document Type: Article

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