Determining the dynamics of influenza transmission by age

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  White, Laura F ^a   Archer, Brett ^b   Pagano, Marcello ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Pandemic influenza H1N1; Reproductive number

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CHILD; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFORMATION SEEKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898493385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-11-4     Document Type: Article

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