Outbreak of novel influenza A (H1N1-2009) linked to a dance club

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-302

  Chan, Pei Pei ^a   Subramony, Hariharan ^a   Lai, Florence Y L ^a   Tien, Wee Siong ^a   Tan, Boon Hian ^a   Solhan, Suhana ^a   Han, Hwi Kwang ^a   Foong, Bok Huay ^a   James, Lyn ^a   Ooi, Peng Lim ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Control; Epidemiology; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LEISURE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77952341461     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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