Breaking the waves: Modelling the potential impact of public health measures to defer the epidemic peak of novel influenza A/H1N1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  an der Heiden, Matthias ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a   Krause, Gérard ^a   Kirchner, Göran ^a   Claus, Hermann ^a   Haas, Walter H ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 77949495455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008356     Document Type: Article

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