Transmission dynamics of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand: Analyses of national and city data

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1296, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a   Wilson, Nick ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMIC; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 67649990014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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