Global mortality impact of the 1957-1959 influenza pandemic

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 738-745

  Viboud, Cécile ^a   Simonsen, Lone ^a,b,e   Fuentes, Rodrigo ^f   Flores, Jose ^c,g   Miller, Mark A ^a   Chowell, Gerardo ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Development indicators; Global disease burden; Health indicators; Historical studies; Models; Mortality rates; Pandemic influenza; Pandemic planning.; Severity; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIA PACIFIC REGION; ASIAN INFLUENZA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH; HISTORY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H2N2); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMIC; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H2N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958600424     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv534     Document Type: Article

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