An epidemiological study of 1348 cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza admitted to Singapore hospitals from july to september 2009

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-290

  Subramony, Hariharan ^a   Lai, Florence Y L ^a   Ang, Li Wei ^a   Cutter, Jeffery L ^a   Lim, Poh Lian ^a,b   James, Lyn ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospitalisation; Influenza A (H1N1 2009)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBESITY; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77952324581     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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