Swine flu and travelers: An Australian perspective

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 373-376

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Speare, Richard ^a   Aitken, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Queensland Emergency Medicine Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; VIRUS RNA; ZANAMIVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANDEMIC; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SWINE FLU A H1N1; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 70449359226     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Editorial

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