Seasonal synchronization of influenza in the United States older adult population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In temperate regions, influenza epidemics occur annually with the highest activity occurring during the winter months. While seasonal dynamics of the influenza virus, such as time of onset and circulating strains, are well documented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Surveillance System, an accurate prediction of timing, magnitude, and composition of circulating strains of seasonal influenza remains elusive. To facilitate public health preparedness for seasonal influenza and to obtain better insights into the spatiotemporal behavior of emerging strains, it is important to develop measurable characteristics of seasonal oscillation and to quantify the relationships between those parameters on a spatial scale. The objectives of our research were to

SUBMITTER: Wenger JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2855366 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature