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SUBMITTER: Yang L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3265445 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Lin L Chen Ping Yan PY He Jian Feng JF Chan King Pan KP Ou Chun Quan CQ Deng Ai Ping AP Malik Peiris J S JS Wong Chit Ming CM
BMC infectious diseases 20111214
<h4>Background</h4>Environmental factors have been associated with transmission and survival of influenza viruses but no studies have ever explored the role of environmental factors on severity of influenza infection.<h4>Methods</h4>We applied a Poisson regression model to the mortality data of two Chinese metropolitan cities located within the subtropical zone, to calculate the influenza associated excess mortality risks during the periods with different levels of temperature and humidity.<h4>R ...[more]