Transmission and control in an institutional pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 outbreak

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1102-1110

  Arinaminpathy, N ^a   Raphaely, N ^b   Saldana, L ^b   Hodgekiss, C ^b   Dandridge, J ^c   Knox, K ^d   McCarthy, N D ^b,e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Oxfordshire   (United Kingdom)

^d Summertown Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; influenza; modelling; pandemic; public health emerging infections

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HYGIENE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS;

EID: 84861044836     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001518     Document Type: Article

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