Assessment of border control measures and community containment measures used in japan during the early stages of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sakaguchi, Hiroko ^a   Tsunoda, Masashi ^b   Wada, Koji ^b   Ohta, Hiroshi ^b   Kawashima, Masatoshi ^a   Yoshino, Yae ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857069345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031289     Document Type: Article

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