Influenza surveillance in Shenzhen, the largest migratory metropolitan city of China, 2006-2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1551-1559

  Wang, X ^a   Cheng, X W ^a   Ma, H W ^a   He, J F ^a   Xie, X ^a   Fang, S S ^a   Wu, C L ^a   Lu, X ^a   Mei, S J ^a   Li, Y ^a   Cheng, J Q ^a  

^a SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Influenza; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMBRYO; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053053399     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002694     Document Type: Article

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