Trends for influenza-related deaths during pandemic and epidemic seasons, Italy, 1969-2001

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 694-699

  Rizzo, Caterina ^a,b   Bella, Antonino ^a   Viboud, Cécile ^c   Simonsen, Lone ^c   Miller, Mark A ^c   Rota, Maria Cristina ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^a   Ciofi Degli Atti, Marta Luisa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 34247849331     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.061309     Document Type: Article

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