Screening for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Auckland International Airport, New Zealand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 866-868

  Hale, Michael J ^a   Hoskins, Richard S ^a   Baker, Michael G ^b  

^a AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIRPORTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84859854180     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111080     Document Type: Article

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