Enhanced risk of illness during the 1918 influenza pandemic after previous influenza-like illnesses in three military populations

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2043-2048

  Shanks, G D ^a,b   Burroughs, S A ^c   Sohn, J D ^d   Waters, N C ^c   Smith, V F ^d   Waller, M ^b   Brundage, J F ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^e Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)   (United States)

Author keywords

1918 pandemic; influenza; military; mortality

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUROPE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SPANISH INFLUENZA; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; NEW YORK; PANDEMIC; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MARYLAND; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW YORK; PANDEMICS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960098603     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816000479     Document Type: Article

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