Estimates of the true number of cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Beijing, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1786-1788

  Wang, Xiaoli ^a,b   Yang, Peng ^a,b   Seale, Holly ^c   Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Deng, Ying ^a,b   Pang, Xinghuo ^a,b   He, Xiong ^a,b   Wang, Quanyi ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958611801     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100323     Document Type: Article

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