Effect of Rapid Urbanization in Mainland China on the Seasonal Influenza Epidemic: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Surveillance Data From 2010 to 2017

Hao Lei   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Nan Zhang   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Beidi Niu   ¹ , BS ;   Xiao Wang   ³ , MPH ;   Shenglan Xiao   ³ , PhD ;   Xiangjun Du   ³ , PhD ;   Tao Chen   ⁴ , PhD ;   Lei Yang   ⁴ , MASc ;   Dayan Wang   ⁴ , PhD ;   Benjamin Cowling   ⁵ , PhD ;   Yuguo Li   ⁶ , PhD ;   Yuelong Shu   ^{3 *} , PhD

¹ School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

² Key Laboratory of Green Built Environment and Energy Efficient Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

³ School of Public Health, Shenzhen Campus, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

⁴ Key Laboratory for Medical Virology, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Health Commission, Beijing, China

⁵ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China (Hong Kong)

⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China (Hong Kong)

*these authors contributed equally