Global spatio-temporal patterns of influenza in the post-pandemic era

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  He, Daihai ^a   Lui, Roger ^b   Wang, Lin ^c   Tse, Chi Kong ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Stone, Lewi ^d,e  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMIC; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PANDEMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 84930941357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11013     Document Type: Article

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