Lack of airborne transmission during outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 among tour group members, China, June 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1578-1581

  Han, Ke ^a,b   Zhu, Xiaoping ^d   He, Fan ^a,c   Liu, Lunguang ^d   Zhang, Lijie ^a   Ma, Huilai ^a   Tang, Xinyu ^d   Huang, Ting ^d   Zeng, Guang ^a   Zhu, Bao Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d SICHUAN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; PANDEMIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 70349976806     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1510.091013     Document Type: Article

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