The 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Boyacá, Colombia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-56

  Chowell, Gerardo ^a,b   Viboud, Cécile ^b   Simonsen, Lone ^c   Miller, Mark A ^b   Acuna Soto, Rodolfo ^d   Ospina Díaz, Juan M ^e   Martínez Martín, Abel Fernando ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPANISH INFLUENZA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLOMBIA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84863404681     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.101969     Document Type: Review

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