Epidemiological isolation causing variable mortality in Island populations during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 417-423

  Shanks, G Dennis ^a,b   Hussell, Tracy ^c   Brundage, John F ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

1918; Mortality; Pacific islands; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; TRAINING; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANDEMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867705182     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00332.x     Document Type: Review

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