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Global Mortality Impact of the 1957–1959 Influenza Pandemic

Background. Quantitative estimates of the global burden of the 1957 influenza pandemic are lacking. Here we fill this gap by modeling historical mortality statistics. Methods. We used annual rates of age- and cause-specific deaths to estimate pandemic-related mortality in excess of background levels...

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Autores principales: Viboud, Cécile, Simonsen, Lone, Fuentes, Rodrigo, Flores, Jose, Miller, Mark A., Chowell, Gerardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4747626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26908781
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv534