Epidemiology of influenza-associated hospitalization in adults, Toronto, 2007/8

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 835-843

  Kuster, S P ^a,b   Drews, S ^b,c   Green, K ^a   Blair, J ^c   Davis, I ^d   Downey, J ^e   Fowler, R ^b,f   Katz, K ^b,g   Lapinsky, S ^b   McRitchie, D ^b,g   Pataki, J ^h   Powis, J ^e   Rose, D ^d   Sarabia, A ^h   Simone, C ^e   Simor, A ^b,f   Stewart, T ^b   McGeer, A ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955415188     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0935-x     Document Type: Article

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