The 'Russian' influenza in the UK: Lessons learned, opportunities missed

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Honigsbaum, Mark ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excess mortality; Influenza; Pandemic; Respiratory disease; Russia

Indexed keywords

1889 RUSSIAN INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SPRING; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 79960189015     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.03.063     Document Type: Article

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