Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 7582-7587

  Hatchett, Richard J ^a   Mecher, Carter E ^b,c   Lipsitch, Marc ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^c EEOB   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Closures; Mitigation; Nonpharmaceutical interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; HISTORY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250340340     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0610941104     Document Type: Article

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