The epidemiology and clinical impact of pandemic influenza

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1762-1768

  Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^a   Hampson, Alan W ^b  

^a Aventis Pasteur MSD   (United Kingdom)

^b WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical impact; Epidemiology; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; URBANIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037402154     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00069-0     Document Type: Review

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