Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: Retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Zheng, Jiandong ^b   Tsang, Tim K ^a   Liao, Qiaohong ^b   Lewis, Bryan ^c   Brownstein, John S ^d,e   Sanders, Sharon ^f   Wong, Jessica Y ^a   Mekaru, Sumiko R ^d   Rivers, Caitlin ^c   Wu, Peng ^a   Jiang, Hui ^b   Li, Yu ^b   Yu, Jianxing ^b   Zhang, Qian ^b   Chang, Zhaorui ^b   Liu, Fengfeng ^b   Peng, Zhibin ^b   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Feng, Luzhao ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Yu, Hongjie ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f FluTrackers International Charity   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological monitoring; H7N9 subtype; Infectious disease outbreak; Influenza A virus; Line list

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INFERENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); LABORATORY TEST; MARKET; POULTRY FARMING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POULTRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMICS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903219105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-88     Document Type: Article

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