Influenza pandemic planning

Vaccine

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1801-1803

  Cox, Nancy J ^a   Tamblyn, Susan E ^b   Tam, Theresa ^c  

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

^b Perth District Health Unit   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influenza pandemics; Influenza surveillance; Pandemic planning

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGE; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOLOGY; BIRD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COMMUNITY; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOCIOLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037403084     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(03)00076-8     Document Type: Review

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