The Spanish influenza pandemic in occidental Europe (1918-1920) and victim age

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Erkoreka, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Influenza A; Influenza pandemic; Mortality age; Pandemic; Spanish flu; Virus mutation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SUMMER; VICTIM; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349114244     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2009.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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