The epidemiology of the first wave of H1N1 influenza pandemic in Australia: A population-based study

Open Public Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-85

  Pasco, Julie A ^a,b   Nicholson, Geoff C ^c   Brennan, Sharon L ^a,b   Bennett, Kathy E ^a   Dobbins, Amelia G ^a   Athan, Eugene ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Barwon Health Geelong ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; H1N1; Hospitalization; Influenza a virus; Pandemics; Population based study; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTALGIA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS CONGESTION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPOSURE; HEART DISEASE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84873831398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18749445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874944501205010080     Document Type: Article

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