Age-prioritized use of antivirals during an influenza pandemic

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Merler, Stefano ^a   Ajelli, Marco ^a,b   Rizzo, Caterina ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PROPHYLAXIS; SIMULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; METHODOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 69249149283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-117     Document Type: Article

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