Investigation of a pandemic h1n1 influenza outbreak in a remote first nations community in northern manitoba, 2009

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-93

  Pollock, Sue L ^a   Sagan, Mark ^b   Oakley, Libby ^b   Fontaine, Julie ^c   Poffenroth, Linda ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b First Nations and Inuit Health Manitoba Region   (Canada)

^c Office of Community Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; First nations; Manitoba; Outbreak; Ph1n1; Remote community

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84860823255     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404209     Document Type: Review

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