Human coronavirus OC43 causes influenza-like illness in residents and staff of aged-care facilities in Melbourne, Australia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-277

  Birch, C J ^a   Clothier, Hazel J ^a,b,c   Seccull, A ^b   Tran, T ^a   Catton, M C ^a   Lambert, S B ^c,d   Druce, J D ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SAMPLING; SORE THROAT; STAFF; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS OC43, HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; VICTORIA;

EID: 15944408404     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804003346     Document Type: Article

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