Mortality patterns associated with the 1918 influenza pandemic in Mexico: Evidence for a spring herald wave and lack of preexisting immunity in older populations

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 567-575

  Chowel, Gerardo ^a,b   Viboud, Cécile ^b   Simonsen, Lone ^b,c   Miller, Mark A ^b   Acuna Soto, Rodolfo ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPRING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954722632     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/654897     Document Type: Article

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