Non-influenza respiratory viruses may overlap and obscure influenza activity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1087-1093

  Drinka, Paul J ^a,b   Gravenstein, Stefan ^c   Krause, Peggy ^a   Langer, Elizabeth H ^a   Barthels, Lori ^a   Dissing, Margaret ^a   Shult, Peter ^d   Schilling, Margo ^c  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza outbreak; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; RIMANTADINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0032875763     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05232.x     Document Type: Article

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