Epidemiological and Virological Characteristics of Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) School Outbreaks in China in 2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Yan, Lei ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b   Tildesley, Michael ^c,d   Liu, Liqi ^a   Zhang, Ye ^a   Wen, Leying ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Xiaodan ^a   Hu, Ying ^a   Bai, Tian ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Zeng, Yuhong ^a   Wang, Dingming ^e   Wang, Xianjun ^f   Lan, Yu ^a   Wang, Shiwen ^a   Shu, Yuelong ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guizhou Province   (China)

^f Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Shandong Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84866897882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045898     Document Type: Article

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