The risk of acquiring the new influenza A(H1N1) for Brazilian travelers to Chile, Argentina and the USA

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-183

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Burattini, Marcelo Nascimento ^a   Coutinho, Francisco Antonio ^a   Struchiner, Cláudio José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Influenza A (H1N1); Mathematical models; Risk estimation; Travelers

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 77951923373     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000200012     Document Type: Article

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