Acute respiratory illness among immunized and nonimmunized patients with high-risk factors during a split season of influenza a and b

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 633-639

  Paul, William S ^a,b   Cowan, James ^a,c   Jackson, George Gee ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0023876013     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/157.4.633     Document Type: Article

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