The epidemiology of influenza and its control

Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 27-54

  Simonsen, Lone ^a,b   Viboud, Cécile ^b   Taylor, Robert J ^c   Miller, Mark A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAGE Analytica LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLIMATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79960040664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0346-0279-2_2     Document Type: Article

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