Back to Search Start Over

Differences in Influenza Seasonality by Latitude, Northern India

Authors :
Parvaiz A. Koul
Shobha Broor
Siddhartha Saha
John Barnes
Catherine Smith
Michael Shaw
Mandeep Chadha
Renu B. Lal
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 10, Pp 1723-1726 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014.

Abstract

The seasonality of influenza in the tropics complicates vaccination timing. We investigated influenza seasonality in northern India and found influenza positivity peaked in Srinagar (34.09°N) in January–March but peaked in New Delhi (28.66°N) in July–September. Srinagar should consider influenza vaccination in October–November, but New Delhi should vaccinate in May–June.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
20
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.27dfc35b7a404d57859b9823e80e5c60
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140431