Epidemiology of influenza-like illness in the Amazon Basin of Peru, 2008-2009

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 235-243

  Forshey, Brett M ^a   Laguna Torres, Victor A ^a   Vilcarromero, Stalin ^a   Bazan, Isabel ^a   Rocha, Claudio ^a   Morrison, Amy C ^a,b   Stoddard, Steven T ^b   Alegre, Yuri ^c   Gomez, Jorge ^d   Scott, Thomas W ^b   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a California   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIRESA Loreto   (Peru)

^d MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cohort; Influenza; Peru

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; VIRUS DETECTION; WOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954500958     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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