Were Equatorial Regions Less Affected by the 2009 Influenza Pandemic? The Brazilian Experience

• Cynthia Schuck-Paim,

  Affiliation Origem Scientifica, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Cécile Viboud,

  Affiliation Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Lone Simonsen,

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Mark A. Miller,

  Affiliation Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Fernanda E. A. Moura,

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Pathology and Medicine Department, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

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• Roberto M. Fernandes,

  Affiliation General Coordination of Epidemiological Information and Analyses, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Marcia L. Carvalho,

  Affiliation General Coordination of Infectious Diseases, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

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• Wladimir J. Alonso

  * E-mail: alonsow@mail.nih.gov

  Affiliations Origem Scientifica, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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