The spread of influenza and other respiratory viruses: Complexities and conjectures

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-359

  Hall, Caroline Breese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 34547102980     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519433     Document Type: Review

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