The art of modeling the mortality impact of winter-seasonal pathogens

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 625-627

  Simonsen, Lone ^a,b   Viboud, Cécile ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENTEROVIRUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOTE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84864927757     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis419     Document Type: Note

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