Transmissibility of 1918 pandemic influenza

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7019, 2004, Pages 904-906

  Mills, Christina E ^a   Robins, James M ^a   Lipsitch, Marc ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; VACCINES;

INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA STRAINS; SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

VIRUS VACCINE;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; TRANSMISSIVITY;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN;

CITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 11144334667     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03063     Document Type: Article

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