Case-control study of risk factors for avian influenza A (H5N1) disease, Hong Kong, 1997

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 505-508

  Mounts, Anthony W ^a,b   Kwong, Heston ^e   Izurieta, Hector S ^c   Ho, Yuk Yin ^e   Au, Tak Kwong ^e   Lee, Miranda ^e   Bridges, Carolyn Buxton ^c   Williams, Seymour W ^a,d   Mak, Kwok Hang ^e   Katz, Jacqueline M ^c   Thompson, William W ^c   Cox, Nancy J ^c   Fukuda, Keiji ^c  

^a Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^e Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INTERVIEW; MALE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SORE THROAT; TRAVEL; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0033508303     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314903     Document Type: Article

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