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Table 1 Cross-correlation between climatological parameters and weekly incidence of influenza cases, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2007–2010

From: Effects of climatological parameters in modeling and forecasting seasonal influenza transmission in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Climatological Parameters

Lags (Current and prior weeks)

**EW0

EW−1

EW−2

EW−3

EW−4

EW−5

EW−6

EW−7

EW−8

EW−9

EW−10

Rainfall

0.187*

0.067

0.040

0.104

0.034

0.175*

−0.007

−0.004

−0.069

−0.079

−0.006

Relative Humidity

0.141*

0.130*

0.144*

0.120

0.139*

0.157*

0.123

0.176*

0.146*

0.155*

0.158*

Ambient Temperature

−0.068

−0.025

−0.025

−0.033

−0.002

−0.035

0.007

0.004

−0.012

0.019

0.012

  1. *Significant cross-correlation at p < 0.05
  2. **EW denotes epidemiologic week; the subscripts indicate the number of weeks prior (0 being the same week, 1 the week prior, and so on)
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