Estimating influenza attack rates in the United States using a participatory cohort

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chunara, Rumi ^a   Goldstein, Edward ^b   Patterson Lomba, Oscar ^b   Brownstein, John S ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926444178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09540     Document Type: Article

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