The characteristics of imported cases and the effectiveness of outbreak control strategies of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 932-939

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Yang, Peng ^a   Liyanage, Surabhi ^b   Seale, Holly ^b   Deng, Ying ^a   Pang, Xinghuo ^a   Tian, Lili ^a   Liu, Baiwei ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Quanyi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

characteristics; control; effectiveness; imported cases; influenza; pandemic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PHARYNX; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUARANTINE; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871665135     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511408285     Document Type: Article

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