Differences in Influenza Seasonality by Latitude, Northern India

The seasonality of influenza in the tropics complicates vaccination timing. We investigated influenza seasonality in northern India and found influenza positivity peaked in Srinagar (34.09°N) in January-March but peaked in New Delhi (28.66°N) in July-September. Srinagar should consider influenza vac...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2014-10, Vol.20 (10), p.1746-1749
Main Authors: Koul, Parvaiz A., Broor, Shobha, Saha, Siddhartha, Barnes, John, Smith, Catherine, Shaw, Michael, Chadha, Mandeep, Lal, Renu B.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Differences in Influenza Seasonality by Latitude, Northern India
Dispatch
Environmental aspects
Humans
India
India - epidemiology
Influenza
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
latitude
Management
Medical climatology
pandemic influenza
seasonal influenza
Seasons
Vaccination
viruses
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