Influenza B Outbreak among influenza-vaccinated welfare home residents in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 448-452

  Win, Mar Kyaw ^a   Chow, Angela ^a,b   Chen, Mark ^b,c   Lau, Yuk Fai ^d,e   Ooi, Eng Eong ^c,d   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic drift; Influenza; Long term care facilities

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SINGAPORE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS STRAIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL WELFARE; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL WELFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954484573     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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