@article{fdi:010065478,
  title = {{D}oes the weather play a role in the spread of pandemic influenza ? {A} study of {H}1{N}1pdm09 infections in {F}rance during 2009-2010},
  author = {{V}ittecoq, {M}. and {R}oche, {B}enjamin and {C}ohen, {J}. {M}. and {R}enaud, {F}. and {T}homas, {F}. and {G}authier-{C}lerc, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{U}nderstanding patterns of influenza spread and persistence is crucial for pandemic preparedness. {T}he {H}1{N}1pdm09 virus caused the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century which resulted in at least 18500 deaths. {B}ased on laboratory-confirmed primary-care case reports we investigated the role of weather conditions and socio-demographic variables in its initial spread and subsequent presence in {F}rance. {O}ur findings suggest that low relative humidity and high population density were determinants in shaping the early spread of the virus at the national level. {T}hose conditions also favoured the persistence of viral presence throughout the first 33 weeks of the pandemic. {A}dditionally this persistence was significantly favoured by low insolation. {T}hese results confirm the increasingly recognized role of humidity in influenza dynamics and underlie the concomitant effect of insolation. {T}herefore climatic factors should be taken into account when designing influenza control and prevention measures.},
  keywords = {{I}nfluenza {A} ; modelling ; pandemic ; spread of disease ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}pidemiology and {I}nfection},
  volume = {143},
  numero = {16},
  pages = {3384--3393},
  ISSN = {0950-2688},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1017/s0950268815000941},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065478},
}