Rapid diagnostic tests and severity of illness in pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1181-1183

  Kao, Tsui Mai ^a,b   Wu, Un In ^a,b   Chen, Yee Chun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LETTER; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; THROAT CULTURE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TIME;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954431233     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.100105     Document Type: Letter

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