Pandemic Influenza: Severity must be taken into account

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1444-1445

  Doshi, Peter ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; LETTER; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; NOTE; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77950920382     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651701     Document Type: Letter

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