Two aircraft carriers' perspectives: A comparative of control measures in shipboard h1n1 outbreaks

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Harwood, Jared L ^a   LaVan, Joseph T ^b   Brand II, George J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Operational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^c Training and Education Standards Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft carrier; H1N1; Infection containment; Influenza; Isolation; Naval vessel; Operational impact; Outbreak; Pandemic; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MALE; MASK; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SHIP; SOLDIER; TIME;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OSELTAMIVIR; QUARANTINE; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888369893     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2012.53     Document Type: Article

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