Association between patient age and influenza a subtype during influenza outbreaks

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-537

  Lee, Bonita E ^a,b   Mukhi, Shamir N ^d   Drews, Steven J ^a,c  

^a Provincial Public Health Laboratory   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951078683     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652159     Document Type: Article

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