Influenza: Quantifying morbidity and mortality
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Influenza: quantifying morbidity and mortality.
Because of their dramatic impact, morbidity and mortality associated with influenza have been recognized since at least the time of Elizabeth I of England. Excess mortality has been documented since 1889, and the infamous 1918 outbreak confirmed that influenza was truly one of the last major plagues. Despite the clear recognition of large clusters of influenza activity, it is still difficult to...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(87)90556-0