Age-specific mortality during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic and possible relationship to the 1889-92 influenza pandemic

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 993-995

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Oliver, Jane ^a   Rice, Geoff ^b   Summers, Jennifer A ^c   Baker, Michael G ^a   Waller, Michael ^d   Shanks, G Dennis ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LETTER; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOLDIER; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84907360936     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu191     Document Type: Letter

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