Archives of Medical Research
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 669-672 , November 2009

H1N1 Influenza Pandemics: Comparing the Events of 2009 in Mexico with those of 1976 and 1918–1919

  • Carlos Franco-Paredes

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta GA
    • Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Federico Gomez, México D.F., México
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Carlos Franco-Paredes, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, 550 Peachtree St. Mot 7th floor, Atlanta, GA 30308; Phone: (404)686-5885; FAX: (404)686-4508
    • ,
  • Isabel Hernandez-Ramos

      Affiliations

    • Universidad de Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato, México
    • ,
  • Carlos Del Rio

      Affiliations

    • Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Kelly T. Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Roberto Tapia-Conyer

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Carso de la Salud, México D.F., México
    • ,
  • Jose I. Santos-Preciado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology Unit, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F., México

Received 21 September 2009 ,Accepted 28 September 2009.

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PII: S0188-4409(09)00187-8

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2009.10.004

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 40, Issue 8 , Pages 669-672 , November 2009

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