Nonpharmaceutical interventions for pandemic influenza, international measures

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-87

  Bell, David ^a,d   Nicoll, Angus ^b,c,d   Fukuda, Keiji ^d   Horby, Peter ^d,e   Monto, Arnold ^d,f   Hayden, Frederick ^d,g   Wylks, Clare ^d,h   Sanders, Lance ^d,h   Van Tam, Jonathan ^c,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e WHO   (Viet Nam)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h Canberra ACT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOMITE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS SCREENING; SHIP; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FOMITES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONALITY; MASS SCREENING; QUARANTINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 31344469306     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.051370     Document Type: Review

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