Outbreak of influenza A and B among military recruits: Evidence from viral culture and polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-121

  Liu, Po Yu ^a,b   Wang, Li Chung ^a   Lin, Yu Hui ^a   Tsai, Che An ^a   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^a,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Influenza, human; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARMY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE SMEAR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NASAL MUCOSA; PHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VIRUS CULTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651111877     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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