Nonpharmaceutical measures for pandemic influenza in nonhealthcare settings-social distancing measures

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 976-984

  Fong, Min W ^a   Gao, Huizhi ^a   Wong, Jessica Y ^a   Xiao, Jingyi ^a   Shiu, Eunice Y C ^a   Ryu, Sukhyun ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOME; SILICON; SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTROPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE ONTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INFLUENZA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS 2; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOCIAL DISTANCE; PANDEMIC; QUARANTINE; SCHOOL;

HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PHYSICAL DISTANCING; QUARANTINE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85083621448     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2605.190995     Document Type: Review

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