Influenza pandemic periodicity, virus recycling, and the art of risk assessment

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Dowdle, Walter R ^a,b  

^a Task Force for Child Survival and Development   (United States)

^b Task Force Child Survival and Devmt   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; AVIAN INFLUENZA; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 31344461555     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.051013     Document Type: Review

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