Early and unexpectedly severe start of influenza epidemic in the Czech Republic during influenza season 2012-13

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kyncl, J ^a,b   Havlickova, M ^a   Nagy, A ^a   Jirincova, H ^a   Piskova, I ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEATH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 84873692459     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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