Divergent seasonal patterns of influenza types A and B across latitude gradient in Tropical Asia

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 176-184

  Saha, Siddhartha ^a   Chadha, Mandeep ^b   Shu, Yuelong ^c   Lijie, Wang ^c   Chittaganpitch, Malinee ^d   Waicharoen, Sunthareeya ^d   Lindblade, Kim ^f   Phengta, Vongphrachanh ^e   Phoneke, Darouny ^e   Corwin, Andrew ^f   Touch, Sok ^g   Buchy, Philippe ^h,i   Lin, Raymond ^j   Low, Constance ^j   Kheong, Chong Chee ^k   Yusof, Apandi bin ^l   Tandoc, Amado ^m   Roque, Vito ⁿ   Arguelles, Vina ⁿ   Dawood, Fatimah ^f   Moen, Ann ^f   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^f   Cox, Nancy ^f   Lal, Renu B ^a   more..

^a US CDC India   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^c State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health   (Laos)

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

^g Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^h Institut Pasteur   (Cambodia)

ⁱ GSK Vaccines   (Singapore)

^j MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^k MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^l INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^m Department of Health   (Philippines)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

more..

Author keywords

Human influenza; Influenza in tropics; Influenza seasonality; Influenza surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; JAPAN; LAOS; LATITUDE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; WINTER; ASIA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ASIA; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84957687346     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12372     Document Type: Article

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