Reflections on pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and the international response

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Nicoll, Angus ^b  

^a Food and Health Bureau   (China)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PERAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 78149366841     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000346     Document Type: Article

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