Efficacy of zanamivir for chemoprophylaxis of nursing home influenza outbreaks

Vaccine

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1771-1774

  Schilling, M ^a,f   Povinelli, L ^b   Krause, P ^c   Gravenstein, M ^a   Ambrozaitis, A ^d   Jones, H H ^e   Drinka, P ^c   Shult, P ^b   Powers, D ^a   Gravenstein, S ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f Glennan Ctr Geriat and Gerontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antiviral prophylaxis; Influenza

Indexed keywords

RIMANTADINE; ZANAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CULTURE;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RIMANTADINE; SIALIC ACIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN; ZANAMIVIR;

EID: 0032211347     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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