Seasonality of influenza and its association with meteorological parameters in two cities of Pakistan: A time series analysis

Nadia Nisar; Nazish Badar; Uzma Bashir Aamir; Aashifa Yaqoob; Jaya Prasad Tripathy; Chinmay Laxmeshwar; Fariha Munir; Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219376

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Seasonality of influenza and its association with meteorological parameters in two cities of Pakistan: A time series analysis

Nadia Nisar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nisar.nadia@gmail.com

Affiliation National Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4107-6154

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Nazish Badar,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation National Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Uzma Bashir Aamir,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation National Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Aashifa Yaqoob,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources

Affiliation National TB Control Program (NTP), Ministry of National Health Services Regulation & Coordination, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Jaya Prasad Tripathy,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, The Union South East Asia Office, New Delhi, India, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
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Chinmay Laxmeshwar,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medecins SansFrontieres, Mumbai, India
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Fariha Munir,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation National Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation National Influenza Center, Department of Virology, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Seasonality of influenza and its association with meteorological parameters in two cities of Pakistan: A time series analysis

Nadia Nisar,
Nazish Badar,
Uzma Bashir Aamir,
Aashifa Yaqoob,
Jaya Prasad Tripathy,
Chinmay Laxmeshwar,
Fariha Munir,
Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

Published: July 19, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219376

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