The Infection Attack Rate and Severity of 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza in Hong Kong
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Joseph T. Wu, Edward S. K. Ma, Cheuk Kwong Lee, Daniel K. W. Chu, Po-Lai Ho, Angela L. Shen, Andrew Ho, Ivan F. N. Hung, Steven Riley, Lai Ming Ho, Che Kit Lin, Thomas Tsang, Su-Vui Lo, Yu-Lung Lau, Gabriel M. Leung, Benjamin J. Cowling, and J. S. Malik Peiris Departments of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Microbiology, Medicine, and Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Hospital Authority, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hospital Authority, Food and Health Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and HKU-Pasteur Research Center, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
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