Syndromic recognition of influenza a infection in a low prevalence community setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Po Yen ^a   Huang, Ching Tai ^a,b   Tsao, Kuo Chien ^a   Ye, Jung Jr ^a   Shie, Shian Sen ^a   Yang, Ming Yi ^a   Leu, Hsieh Shong ^a,b   Chiang, Ping Cherng ^a   Weng, Yin Che ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Min Shen Weng Community Clinic   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYALGIA; NOSE CONGESTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77956293535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010542     Document Type: Article

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