Epidemiology of influenza from 2007 to 2008 in Naha area, Okinawa prefecture: Surveillance of rapid antigen test results

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 399-401

  Higa, Futoshi ^a   Naka, Masamitsu ^b   Tateyama, Masao ^a   Haranaga, Syusaku ^a   Yara, Satomi ^a   Koide, Michio ^a   Yamane, Nobuhisa ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Clinical Laboratory Center of the Medical Association in Naha City   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; NASAL MUCOSA; PHARYNX; SEASONS;

EID: 72849117127     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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