The impact of temperature and humidity measures on influenza A (H7N9) outbreaks-evidence from China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-124

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Feng, Cindy ^b   Ma, Chunna ^a   Yang, Peng ^a   Tang, Song ^c   Lau, Abby ^d   Sun, Wenjie ^e   Wang, Quanyi ^a  

^a Beijing Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity; Influenza A H7N9; Penalized spline function; Temperature; Zero truncation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H7N9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918578251     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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