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Absolute Humidity and the Seasonal Onset of Influenza in the Continental US

Much of the observed wintertime increase of mortality in temperate regions is attributed to seasonal influenza. A recent re-analysis of laboratory experiments indicates that absolute humidity strongly modulates the airborne survival and transmission of the influenza virus. Here we extend these findi...

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Autores principales: Shaman, Jeffrey, Pitzer, Virginia, Viboud, Cecile, Lipsitch, Marc, Grenfell, Bryan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20066155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.RRN1138