Differential effects of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on remote and indigenous groups, Northern Territory, Australia, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1615-1623

  Trauer, James Mccracken ^a   Laurie, Karen Louise ^b   Mcdonnell, Joseph ^c   Kelso, Anne ^b   Markey, Peter Gregory ^a  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SEROLOGY; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PANDEMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052157380     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.101196     Document Type: Article

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