El Niño Southern Oscillation and the transmission of hepatitis A virus in Australia

• 1 Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology
• 2 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra
• 3 School of Public Health, and Centre for Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059.

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