Clinical diagnostic criteria for isolating patients admitted to hospital with suspected pandemic influenza

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9702, 2009, Pages 1673-

  Gerrard, John ^a   Keijzers, Gerben ^a   Zhang, Ping ^b   Vossen, Caleb ^a   Macbeth, Deborough ^a  

^a GOLD COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUEENSLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449580723     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61983-8     Document Type: Letter

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