Associations between seasonal influenza and meteorological parameters in Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua

Geospatial Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 144-151

  Soebiyanto, Radina P ^a,b   Clara, Wilfrido A ^c   Jara, Jorge ^d   Balmaseda, Angel ^e   Lara, Jenny ^f   Moya, Mariel Lopez ^f   Palekar, Rakhee ^g   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^c   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^c   Kiang, Richard K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua (National Center of Toxicology   (Nicaragua)

^f Costa Rican Institute for Research and Education on Nutrition and Health ^*  (Costa Rica)

^g PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Humidity; Influenza; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NICARAGUA; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NICARAGUA; RAIN; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 84946564018     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.372     Document Type: Article

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