Clinical and microbiologic features associated with novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus in children: A prospective cohort study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 694-698

  Bryant, Penelope A ^a,b,c   Tebruegge, Marc ^a,b,c   Papadakis, Georgina ^d   Clarke, Caroline ^a   Barnett, Peter ^a,b,c   Daley, Andrew J ^e   Paed, Dip ^a,b   South, Mike ^a,b,c   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

H1N1; immunofluorescence; polymerase chain reaction; swine origin influenza A virus (S OIV); symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; VOMITING; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOSPITAL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77955176559     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181de4b9c     Document Type: Article

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