Analyses of the 1957 (Asian) influenza pandemic in the United Kingdom and the impact of school closures

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-179

  Vynnycky, Emilia ^a   Edmunds, W J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN INFLUENZA; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NURSERY SCHOOL; PANDEMIC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049187620     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008369     Document Type: Article

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