Environmental Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Epidemics across Temperate and Tropical Climates

James D. Tamerius; Jeffrey Shaman; Wladmir J. Alonso; Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach; Christopher K. Uejio; Andrew Comrie; Cécile Viboud

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003194

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Environmental Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Epidemics across Temperate and Tropical Climates

James D. Tamerius ,

* E-mail: jt2684@columbia.edu

Affiliations Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Jeffrey Shaman,

Affiliations Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Wladmir J. Alonso,

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach,

Affiliation Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Christopher K. Uejio,

Affiliation Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Andrew Comrie,

Affiliation School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
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Cécile Viboud

Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Environmental Predictors of Seasonal Influenza Epidemics across Temperate and Tropical Climates

James D. Tamerius,
Jeffrey Shaman,
Wladmir J. Alonso,
Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach,
Christopher K. Uejio,
Andrew Comrie,
Cécile Viboud

Published: March 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003194

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