A missed summer wave of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic: Evidence from household surveys in the United States and Norway

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mamelund, Svenn Erik ^a,b   Haneberg, Bjørn ^c   Mjaaland, Siri ^c,d  

^a WORK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fatality; Gender; Morbidity; Spanish influenza; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARYLAND; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85000786612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw040     Document Type: Article

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