How the H1N1 influenza epidemic spread among university students in Japan: Experience from Shinshu University

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-220

  Uchida, Mitsuo ^a   Tsukahara, Teruomi ^a   Kaneko, Minoru ^a   Washizuka, Shinsuke ^a   Kawa, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Epidemiology; Infection control; Swine origin influenza A H1N1 virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858797204     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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