Volume of print media coverage and diagnostic testing for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus during the early phase of the 2009 pandemic

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-78

  Olowokure, B ^a   Odedere, O ^a   Elliot, A J ^a   Awofisayo, A ^a   Smit, E ^b   Fleming, A ^a   Osman, H ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H1N1 virus; Laboratory diagnosis; News media; Pandemic influenza; Risk perception; School

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEWSPAPERS; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865175734     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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