Potential number of human cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Egypt

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 452-459

  Tseng, W C ^a   Li, H A ^a   Huang, W C ^a   Liang, L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Epidemiology; Infectious disease; Potential number of human cases; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EGYPT;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 77956061531     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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