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. 2020 Jan 3;9:2. doi: 10.1186/s40249-019-0618-5

Table 2.

Peak time and trough time (week) of influenza (listed by latitude)

Country Peak (Aa) Trough (A) Peak (Ba) Trough (B)
Chile 30.5 4.5 40.5 14.5
Argentina 29.3 3.3 37.6 11.6
South Africa 27.9 1.9 35.3 9.3
Australia 33.8 7.8 33.7 7.7
Paraguay 36.7 10.7 39.6 13.6
New Caledonia 33.4 7.4 40.9 14.9
Mauritius 12.4 38.4 28.3 2.3
Madagascar 13.4 39.4 37.3 11.3
Bolivia 30.8 4.8 21.8 47.8
Zambia 31.8 5.8 32.3 6.3
Brazil 15.2 41.2 40 14
Peru 34.3 8.3 37.4 11.4
Tanzania 51.8 26.8 8.2 34.2
Indonesia 2.4 28.4 15.9 41.9
Ecuador 2.6 28.6 24.8 50.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.6 28.6 15.4 41.4
Uganda 40.3 14.3 37.6 11.6
Maldives 16.3 42.3 44.1 18.1
Malaysia 13.4 39.4 12.8 38.8
Colombia 33 7 45.3 19.3
French Guiana 9.2 35.2 22.8 48.8
Suriname 28.4 2.4 30.7 4.7
Cameroon 50.4 24.4 44.1 18.1
Venezuela 1.9 27.9 32.3 6.3
Côte d’Ivoire 25.1 51.1 37.8 11.8
Sri Lanka 10 36 4.7 30.7
Ghana 18.7 44.7 34.8 8.8
Panama 24.2 50.2 28.5 2.5
Togo 34 8 46.7 20.7
Sierra Leone 40 14 25.4 51.4
Ethiopia 52.9 26.9 12.8 38.8
Nigeria 39 13 47 21
Costa Rica 45 19 37.4 11.4
Burkina Faso 51.7 25.7 50 24
Cambodia 37 11 42.9 16.9
Nicaragua 36.9 10.9 33.4 7.4
El Salvador 22.9 48.9 34.2 8.2
Senegal 47.4 21.4 31.1 5.1
Honduras 24.8 50.8 51.7 25.7
Thailand 37.4 11.4 5.6 31.6
Guatemala 9.4 35.4 40.8 14.8
Vietnam 22.7 48.7 4.9 30.9
Mali 3 29 4.3 30.3
Niger 2.8 28.8 5.4 31.4
Jamaica 47.1 21.1 31 5
Laos 38.8 12.8 2.1 28.1
Deminican Republic 18.2 44.2 31 5
Cuba 25.4 51.4 40.8 14.8
India 17.5 43.5 39.9 13.9
Bangladesh 25.3 51.3 34.7 8.7
Mexico 2.1 28.1 6.8 32.8
Qatar 49.6 23.6 4.6 30.6
Bahrain 45.2 19.2 10.1 36.1
Egypt 51.1 25.1 19.8 45.8
Bhutan 24.8 50.8 51.4 25.4
Nepal 26.7 52.7 41.1 15.1
Pakistan 51.6 25.6 5.5 31.5
Jordan 52.7 26.7 14.9 40.9
Iran 1 27 14.3 40.3
Iraq 1.6 27.6 2.7 28.7
Afghanistan 43.4 17.4 46.3 20.3
Lebanon 4.4 30.4 9.7 35.7
Malta 5.7 31.7 8.7 34.7
South Korea 4.8 30.8 12.1 38.1
China 4.2 30.2 8.4 34.4
Greece 7.1 33.1 10.5 36.5
Spain 4.1 30.1 9.1 35.1
Georgia 5.7 31.7 10.8 36.8
United States 4.1 30.1 12.2 38.2
Slovenia 5.9 31.9 10.7 36.7
France 6.2 32.2 7.2 33.2
Mongolia 4.5 30.5 10 36
Austria 7 33 10.8 36.8
Kazakhstan 6.5 32.5 9.6 35.6
Germany 6.7 32.7 12.2 38.2
Poland 6 32 10.7 36.7
Netherlands 6.7 32.7 12.7 38.7
Ireland 5.8 31.8 8 34
Belarus 14.3 40.3 12.4 38.4
United Kingdom 5.4 31.4 9.1 35.1
Denmark 5.4 31.4 9.3 35.3
Canada 4 30 14 40
Russia 7.2 33.2 12.6 38.6
Norway 5.8 31.8 11.2 37.2
Finland 52.8 26.8 9.5 35.5
Iceland 8.3 34.3 15.4 41.4

aA: influenza A; B: influenza B