Differences in clinical predictors of influenza in adults and children with influenza-like illness

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-48

  Sočan, Maja ^a   Prosenc, Katarina ^a   Nagode, Mateja ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b Social Protection Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Influenza like illness; Multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for influenza virus; Prediction model; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 77953124067     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0089-3     Document Type: Article

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