Volume 7, Number 3—June 2001

Perspective

Seasonal Variation in Host Susceptibility and Cycles of Certain Infectious Diseases

Scott F. Dowell 

Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure 2

Figure 2. . Seasonal variation in the incidence of poliomyelitis by latitude, 1956-57. As distance from the equator increases, a higher proportion of cases are evident in summer and fall months. Adapted from reference 9.

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