Absolute humidity and pandemic versus epidemic influenza.

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Summary

It is shown that variations of the basic and effective reproductive numbers for influenza, caused by seasonal changes in absolute humidity, are consistent with the general timing of pandemic influenza outbreaks observed for 2009 A/H1N1 in temperate regions, as well as wintertime transmission of epidemic influenza.

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Published
2011-01-15
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Keywords

Outbreak, Pandemic, Humidity, Temperate climate, Relative humidity

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