Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) at a middle school in Luoyang, China

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-294

  Wang, C ^a   Yu, E ^a   Xu, B ^b   Wang, W ^c   Li, L ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Zhang, M ^a   Li, W ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Xinan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Duration of symptoms; Epidemiological characteristics; Incubation period; Outbreak; Pandemic influenza a; Public health response

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; PARAMETERIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYEE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MYALGIA; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; NOSE CONGESTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

CHINA; HENAN; LUOYANG;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84862792442     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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