Symptoms of influenza virus infection in hospitalized patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-319

  Van Den Dool, C ^a   Hak, E ^a   Wallinga, J ^b   Van Loon, A M ^a   Lammers, J W J ^a   Bonten, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40949115998     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529211     Document Type: Article

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