Geographic trends and spread of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the metropolitan areas of Japan studied from the National Sentinel Data

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 473-481

  Inaida, Shinako ^a   Yasui, Yoshinori ^a   Tada, Yuki ^a   Taniguchi, Kiyosu ^a   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUBURBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355187578     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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