Open AccessSeasonality of absolute humidity explains seasonality of influenza-like illness in Vietnam
Author(s) -
Phạm Quang Thái,
Marc Choisy,
Trần Như Dương,
Vũ Đình Thiểm,
Nguyen Thu Yen,
Nguyễn Trần Hiển,
Daniel J. Weiss,
Maciej F. Boni,
Peter Horby
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
epidemics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.023
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1755-4365
pISSN - 1878-0067
DOI - 10.1016/j.epidem.2015.06.002
Subject(s) - seasonality , relative humidity , seasonal influenza , climatology , atmospheric sciences , biology , geography , meteorology , medicine , covid-19 , ecology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , geology
Experimental and ecological studies have shown the role of climatic factors in driving the epidemiology of influenza. In particular, low absolute humidity (AH) has been shown to increase influenza virus transmissibility and has been identified to explain the onset of epidemics in temperate regions. Here, we aim to study the potential climatic drivers of influenza-like illness (ILI) epidemiology in Vietnam, a tropical country characterized by a high diversity of climates. We specifically focus on quantifying and explaining the seasonality of ILI.
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