Absolute humidity and the seasonal onset of influenza in the continental United States.

Much of the observed wintertime increase of mortality in temperate regions is attributed to seasonal influenza. A recent reanalysis of laboratory experiments indicates that absolute humidity strongly modulates the airborne survival and transmission of the influenza virus. Here, we extend these findi...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Shaman, Virginia E Pitzer, Cécile Viboud, Bryan T Grenfell, Marc Lipsitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20186267/?tool=EBI