Influenza activity among the paediatric age group in Chennai

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 776-779

  Ramamurty, Nalini ^a   Pillai, Lalitha C ^a   Gunasekaran, P ^a   Elango, Varalakshmi ^a   Priya, Mohana Padma ^a   Khaleefathullah Sheriff, A ^a  

^a Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infection; Children; Influenza A and B viruses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 22644446253     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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