Case-based surveillance of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Maebashi City, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-137

  Tsukui, Satoshi ^a  

^a Maebashi Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859055806     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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