Swine flu - Lessons learnt in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 364-365

  Collignon, Peter J ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; THIOMERSAL;

ABSENTEEISM; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WINTER; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 77951930689     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03553.x     Document Type: Editorial

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