On the epidemiology of influenza

Virology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cannell, John J ^a   Zasloff, Michael ^b   Garland, Cedric F ^c   Scragg, Robert ^d   Giovannucci, Edward ^e  

^a Atascadero State Hospital   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; PATHOGENICITY; SEASON;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SEASONS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 41749093013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-29     Document Type: Review

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