Onset of a pandemic: Characterizing the initial phase of the swine flu (H1N1) epidemic in Israel

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Roll, Uri ^a   Yaari, Rami ^a   Katriel, Guy ^a   Barnea, Oren ^a   Stone, Lewi ^a   Mendelson, Ella ^a,b   Mendelboim, Michal ^b   Huppert, Amit ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology H1N1; Pandemic influenza; swine flu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PANDEMICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953877320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-92     Document Type: Article

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