Improving the clinical diagnosis of influenza - A comparative analysis of new influenza a (H1N1) cases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Ong, Adrian K ^a   Chen, Mark I ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Tan, Adriana S ^a   New, Ni Win ^a   Barkham, Timothy ^a   Tay, Seow Yian ^a   Leo, Yee Sin ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954062567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008453     Document Type: Article

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