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INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 11-18Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12682
Keywords
diurnal temperature range; humidity; influenza; temperature
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- Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine [G17273]
- Korean National Research Council of Science and Technology [CRC-16-01-KRICT]
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Background The effect of temperature and humidity on the incidence of influenza may differ by climate region. In addition, the effect of diurnal temperature range on influenza incidence is unclear, according to previous study findings. Objectives The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of temperature, humidity, and diurnal temperature range on the incidence of influenza in Seoul, Republic of Korea, which is located in a temperate region. Methods We used Korean National Health insurance data to assess the weekly influenza incidence between 2010 and 2016, and used meteorological data from Seoul. To investigate the effect of temperature, relative humidity, and diurnal temperature range levels on influenza incidence, we used a distributed lag non-linear model. Results The risk of influenza incidence was significantly increased with low daily temperatures of 0-5 degrees C and low (30%-40%) or high (70%) relative humidity. We found a positive significant association between diurnal temperature range and influenza incidence in this study. Conclusions Influenza incidence increased with low temperature and low/high humidity in a temperate region. Influenza incidence also increased with high diurnal temperature range, after considering temperature and humidity.
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