Influenza outbreaks at two correctional facilities - Maine, March 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 229-232

  Robinson, Sara ^a   Smith, Peter ^a   Sears, Stephen D ^a   Shubert, Joseph ^b   Reed, Carrie ^c   Manning, Susan E ^d  

^a Maine Dept of Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

^b Maine Dept of Corrections   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^d CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859628842     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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