Influenza A and B outbreaks differed in their associations with climate conditions in Shenzhen, China.

ABSTRACT: Under the variant climate conditions in the transitional regions between tropics and subtropics, the impacts of climate factors on influenza subtypes have rarely been evaluated. With the available influenza A (Flu-A) and influenza B (Flu-B) outbreak data in Shenzhen, China, which is an excellent example of a transitional marine climate, the associations of multiple climate variables with these outbreaks were explored in this study. Daily laboratory-confirmed influenza virus and climate data were collected from 2009 to 2015. Potential impacts of daily mean/maximum/minimum temperatures (T/T_max/T_min), relative humidity (RH), wind velocity (V), and diurnal temperature range (DTR) were analyzed using the distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) and generalized additive model

SUBMITTER: Ma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542503 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature