Pandemic influenza vaccination: Lessons learned from Latin America and the Caribbean

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 916-921

  Ropero Álvarez, Alba María ^a   Whittembury, Alvaro ^a   Kurtis, Hannah Jane ^a   dos Santos, Thais ^a   Danovaro Holliday, M Carolina ^a   Ruiz Matus, Cuauhtémoc ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Latin America and the Caribbean; Pandemic influenza (H1N1) vaccination; Pandemic preparation; Pandemic response

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LATIN AMERICA; PANDEMICS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84855420195     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.11.092     Document Type: Article

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