Age-specific differences in influenza a epidemic curves: Do children drive the spread of influenza epidemics?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Schanzer, Dena ^a   Vachon, Julie ^a   Pelletier, Louise ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

age groups; data interpretation, statistical; diagnostic techniques and procedures; disease transmission, infectious; empirical research; influenza, human; population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA;

EID: 79959629942     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr037     Document Type: Article

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