Mortality attributable to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-82

  Comas García, Andreu ^a   García Sepúlveda, Christian A ^a   Méndez De Lira, José J ^b   Aranda Romo, Saray ^a   Hernández Salinas, Alba E ^a   Noyola, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b Servicios de Salud del Estado de San Luis Potosí   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Influenza virus; Mortality; Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009; Pneumonia; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MEXICO; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79751509540     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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