{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(3)"],"submitter":["Durand LO"],"funding":["Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Influenza-associated illness results in increased morbidity and mortality in the Americas. These effects can be mitigated with an appropriately chosen and timed influenza vaccination campaign. To provide guidance in choosing the most suitable vaccine formulation and timing of administration, it is necessary to understand the timing of influenza seasonal epidemics.<h4>Objectives</h4>Our main objective was to determine whether influenza occurs in seasonal patterns in the American tropics and when these patterns occurred.<h4>Methods</h4>Publicly available, monthly seasonal influenza data from the Pan American Health Organization and WHO, from countries in the American tropics, were obtained during 2002-2008 and 2011-2014 (excluding unseasonal pandemic activity during 2009-2"],"journal":["Influenza and other respiratory viruses"],"pagination":["170-5"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4814866"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Timing of influenza epidemics and vaccines in the American tropics, 2002-2008, 2011-2014."],"pmcid":["PMC4814866"],"pubmed_authors":["Mung KS","Palekar R","Clara W","El Omeiri N","Diaz-Quinonez JA","Arevalo BM","Lopez-Martinez I","Calderon de Lozano C","Jackson-Betty S","Durand LO","Cerpa M","Acosta B","Cheng PY","Gutierrez V","Garten R","Castillo Signor Ldel C","Jara J","Azziz-Baumgartner E","Araya JL","Matute ML","Ropero-Alvarez AM","Ramirez JB","Bruno A","Vazquez C","Widdowson MA","Balmaseda A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Timing of influenza epidemics and vaccines in the American tropics, 2002-2008, 2011-2014.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Influenza-associated illness results in increased morbidity and mortality in the Americas. These effects can be mitigated with an appropriately chosen and timed influenza vaccination campaign. To provide guidance in choosing the most suitable vaccine formulation and timing of administration, it is necessary to understand the timing of influenza seasonal epidemics.<h4>Objectives</h4>Our main objective was to determine whether influenza occurs in seasonal patterns in the American tropics and when these patterns occurred.<h4>Methods</h4>Publicly available, monthly seasonal influenza data from the Pan American Health Organization and WHO, from countries in the American tropics, were obtained during 2002-2008 and 2011-2014 (excluding unseasonal pandemic activity during 2009-2","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 May","modification":"2026-05-05T09:25:22.645Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:10:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4814866","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26701079"],"doi":["10.1111/irv.12371"]}}