Avian influenza A(H5N1) in humans: New insights from a line list of World Health Organization confirmed cases, September 2006 to August 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 32, 2011, Pages

  Fiebig, L ^a   Soyka, J ^a   Buda, S ^a   Buchholz, U ^a   Dehnert, M ^a   Haas, W ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; PANDEMIC; PATIENT MONITORING; POULTRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; VIRUS STRAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052058552     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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