Assessing the severity of the novel influenza A/H1N1 pandemic

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7714, 2009, Pages 220-224

  Garske, Tini ^a   Legrand, Judith ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Ward, Helen ^a   Cauchemez, Simon ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149131315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2840     Document Type: Article

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