The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 in Sri Lanka: Its demographic cost, timing, and propagation

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-273

  Chandra, Siddharth ^a   Sarathchandra, Dilshani ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1918 1919 influenza pandemic; Ceylon; Epidemic; Influenza; Island; Mortality; Spread; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPANISH INFLUENZA; SRI LANKA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; SEASONS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84898027345     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12238     Document Type: Article

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