Pacific islands which escaped the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic and their subsequent mortality experiences

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 353-356

  Shanks, G D ^a,b   Brundage, J F ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pacific islands; pandemic influenza 1918

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SAMOA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JALUIT; MORTALITY; NEW CALEDONIA; NIUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROTUMA; YULE ISLAND;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA PANDEMIC, 1918-1919; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; QUARANTINE;

EID: 84876930631     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000866     Document Type: Article

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