Respiratory infection in institutions during early stages of pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2001-2003

  Marchand Austin, Alex ^a   Farrell, David J ^b   Jamieson, Frances B ^b   Lombardi, Nino ^b   Lombos, Ernesto ^b   Narang, Sunita ^b   Akwar, Holy ^b   Low, Donald E ^b   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; PANDEMIC; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73949148907     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.091022     Document Type: Article

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