The diagnosis of viral respiratory disease in older adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 747-751

  Keipp Talbot, H ^a   Falsey, Ann R ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 76749084244     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650486     Document Type: Review

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