Global epidemiology of influenza: Past and present

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 407-421

  Cox, N J ^a   Subbarao, K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Influenza; Mortality; Pandemic; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS GENE;

ASIA; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SPAIN;

EID: 0034051550     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.51.1.407     Document Type: Review

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