Outbreak of influenza in an overseas student travel group-Taiwan 2008

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 375-378

  Tsou, Tsung Pei ^a   Lin, Chien Hui ^a   Lo, Yi Chun ^a   Li, Yi Syue ^b   Chiu, Chan Hsien ^a  

^a Epidemic Intelligence Center   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SORE THROAT; STUDENT; SURGICAL MASK; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950855857     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903499423     Document Type: Article

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