Relationship between "purulent bronchitis" in military populations in Europe prior to 1918 and the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-239

  Dennis Shanks, G ^a,b,c   Mackenzie, Alison ^b   Waller, Michael ^b   Brundage, John F ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Military; Mortality; Pandemic; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPURATIVE BRONCHITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRONCHITIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PANDEMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862019793     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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