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Modelling the progression of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Vietnam and the opportunities for reassortment with other influenza viruses

Maciej F Boni1,2,4, Bui H Manh1, Pham Q Thai3, Jeremy Farrar1,4,7, Tran T Hien5,7, Nguyen T Hien3, Nguyen Van Kinh6,7 and Peter Horby1,4,7*

Author Affiliations

1 Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam

2 MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

3 National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam

4 Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

5 Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

6 National Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam

7 South East Asia Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network, Vietnam

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BMC Medicine 2009, 7:43 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-7-43

Published: 3 September 2009

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Additional file 1:

Supplementary materials. Describes details of model construction, data sources, parameter estimation, R0 calculation, and sensitivity analysis.

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Additional file 2:

Geographic spread of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) in Vietnam. Animated GIF file that shows the full day-by-day epidemic shown in Figure 2.

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Additional file 3:

Geographic timeline of chicken exposure during an influenza epidemic in Vietnam. Animated GIF file that shows the full day-by-day exposure of chickens to human influenza infections shown in Figure 4.

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