Influenza seasonality in Madagascar: The mysterious African free-runner

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 101-109

  Alonso, Wladimir Jimenez ^a   Guillebaud, Julia ^b   Viboud, Cecile ^a   Razanajatovo, Norosoa Harline ^b   Orelle, Arnaud ^b,c   Zhou, Steven Zhixiang ^d   Randrianasolo, Laurence ^b   Heraud, Jean Michel ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^c Integrated Quality Laboratory Services (IQLS)   (France)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influenza; Madagascar; Population connectivity; Seasonality; Time series; Viral migration

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MADAGASCAR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAVEL; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLIMATE; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84928195487     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12308     Document Type: Article

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