The infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1184-1191

  Wu, Joseph T ^a   Ma, Edward S K ^a   Lee, Cheuk Kwong ^b   Chu, Daniel K W ^a   Ho, Po Lai ^a   Shen, Angela L ^a   Ho, Andrew ^a   Hung, Ivan F N ^a   Riley, Steven ^a   Ho, Lai Ming ^a   Lin, Che Kit ^b   Tsang, Thomas ^c   Lo, Su Vui ^b,d   Lau, Yu Lung ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^d Food and Health Bureau   (Hong Kong)

^e HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 78349253122     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656740     Document Type: Article

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