The impact of climate and antigenic evolution on seasonal influenza virus epidemics in Australia

Seasonal influenza epidemics vary in timing and size, but the causes of the variation remain unclear. Here, the authors analyse a 15-year city-level data set, and find that fluctuations in climatic factors do not predict onset timing, and that while antigenic change does not have a consistent effect...

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Main Authors: Edward K. S. Lam, Dylan H. Morris, Aeron C. Hurt, Ian G. Barr, Colin A. Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16545-6