Transmission characteristics of the 2009 h1n1 influenza pandemic: Comparison of 8 southern hemisphere countries

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Opatowski, Lulla ^a   Fraser, Christophe ^a   Griffin, Jamie ^a   de Silva, Eric ^a   van Kerkhove, Maria D ^a   Lyons, Emily J ^a   Cauchemez, Simon ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VICTORIA;

EID: 80053449514     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002225     Document Type: Article

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