Infection fatality risk of the pandemic a(H1N1)2009 virus in Hong Kong

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 834-840

  Wong, Jessica Y ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a   Goldstein, Edward ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Chuang, S K ^a   Tsang, Thomas ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a   Wu, Joseph T ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

death; human influenza; severity

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84876272098     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws314     Document Type: Article

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