Global mortality of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 651-653

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AFRICA; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GROUPS BY AGE; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84865296559     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70152-4     Document Type: Letter

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