Pandemic influenza forecasting: Does past performance indicate future performance?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 466-467

  Tang, Julian W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H2N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 50949126632     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.12.007     Document Type: Note

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