Influenza excess mortality from 1950-2000 in tropical Singapore.

INTRODUCTION:Tropical regions have been shown to exhibit different influenza seasonal patterns compared to their temperate counterparts. However, there is little information about the burden of annual tropical influenza epidemics across time, and the relationship between tropical influenza epidemics...

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Main Authors: Vernon J Lee, Jonathan Yap, Jimmy B S Ong, Kwai-Peng Chan, Raymond T P Lin, Siew Pang Chan, Kee Tai Goh, Yee-Sin Leo, Mark I-Cheng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2779490?pdf=render