Influenza epidemics and Spanish climatic domains

Pablo Fdez-Arroyabe

Department of Geography, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

DOI: 10.4236/health.2012.430144                

Abstract

The present article proposes a climatic approach to the study of the interaction between influenza spreading and climatic and meteorological factors in different climatic domains of the Iberian Peninsula. This association can be used to help in the prevention and mitigation of influenza epidemics. A biometeorological index has been defined and applied to the epidemic periods that took place in the Iberian Peninsula between 2000 and 2009 considering its climatic domains.

Keywords

Acclimatization; Adaptation; Biometeorology; Reanalysis; Weather types; Strain

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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