School closure and mitigation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-541

  Wu, Joseph T ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Ip, Dennis K M ^a   Ho, Lai Ming ^a   Tsang, Thomas ^b   Chuang, Shuk Kwan ^b   Leung, Pak Yin ^c   Lo, Su Vui ^c,d   Liu, Shao Haei ^c   Riley, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^c HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Food and Health Bureau   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; SCHOOL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; SEASONS;

EID: 77649144180     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.091216     Document Type: Article

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