A parsimonious hypothesis to the cause of influenza lethality and its variations in 1918-1919 and 2009

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-684

  Azambuja, M I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIGENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFLUENZA; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SEASONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 77649341532     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.10.050     Document Type: Article

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