Pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 outbreak in a residential school at Panchgani, Maharashtra, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Gurav, Yogesh K ^a   Pawar, Shailesh D ^a   Chadha, Mandeep S ^a   Potdar, Varsha A ^a   Deshpande, Abhay S ^b   Koratkar, Santosh S ^a   Hosmani, Abhijeet H ^b   Mishra, Akhilesh C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

^b Primary Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

India; Outbreak; Pandemic influenza (H1N1) 2009; Residential school

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; CLIMATE; GENETICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL; VIROLOGY;

CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77954435381     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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