Spatial and temporal characteristics of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza Pandemic in Peru

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a,b   Viboud, Cécile ^b   Munayco, Cesar V ^c   Gómez, Jorge ^c   Simonsen, Lone ^b,d   Miller, Mark A ^b   Tamerius, James ^e   Fiestas, Victor ^f   Halsey, Eric S ^g   Laguna Torres, Victor A ^g  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Perú   (Peru)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^g California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PERU; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WINTER; AGED; GENETICS; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; SCHOOL; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PERU; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959332087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021287     Document Type: Article

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