Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental United States.

Much of the observed wintertime increase of mortality in temperate regions is attributed to seasonal influenza. A recent reanalysis 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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Main Authors: Jeffrey Shaman, Virginia E Pitzer, Cécile Viboud, Bryan T Grenfell, Marc Lipsitch
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1023febdc30d4989a5155c18857b9208
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