Characterization of Regional Influenza Seasonality Patterns in China and Implications for Vaccination Strategies: Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Surveillance Data

• Published in: PLoS medicine Vol. 10; no. 11; p. e1001552
• Main Authors: Yu, Hongjie, Alonso, Wladimir J., Feng, Luzhao, Tan, Yi, Shu, Yuelong, Yang, Weizhong, Viboud, Cécile
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.11.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Bayes Theorem; China - epidemiology; Climate; Distribution; Epidemics; Geographic Mapping; Hospitals; Humans; Incidence; Influenza; Influenza A virus; Influenza B virus; Influenza vaccines; Influenza virus; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Influenza, Human - transmission; Influenza, Human - virology; Linear Models; Management; Models, Biological; Population Surveillance; Prevention; Provinces; Regression analysis; Seasonal variations (Diseases); Seasons; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Temperature; Time series; Vaccination; China; China, People's Rep; Epidemics; Climate; Temperature; Humans; Vaccination; Geographic Mapping; Linear Models; Influenza B virus; Socioeconomic Factors; Incidence; Hospitals; Influenza A virus; Models, Biological; China; Bayes Theorem; Influenza, Human; Seasons; Population Surveillance

The complexity of influenza seasonal patterns in the inter-tropical zone impedes the establishment of effective routine immunization programs. China is a climatologically and economically diverse country, which has yet to establish a national influenza vaccination program. Here we characterize the d...