Dynamics of influenza in tropical Africa: Temperature, humidity, and co-circulating (sub)types

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 446-456

  Yang, Wan ^a   Cummings, Matthew J ^a   Bakamutumaho, Barnabas ^b   Kayiwa, John ^b   Owor, Nicholas ^b   Namagambo, Barbara ^b   Byaruhanga, Timothy ^b   Lutwama, Julius J ^b   O'Donnell, Max R ^a   Shaman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; humidity; influenza; intertypic interactions; temperature; tropical climate; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA; WEATHER;

HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA; WEATHER;

EID: 85045755217     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12556     Document Type: Article

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