Retrospective investigation of an influenza A/H1N1pdm outbreak in an Italian military ship cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, May-September 2009

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Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tarabbo, Mario ^a   Lapa, Daniele ^b   Castilletti, Concetta ^b   Tommaselli, Pietro ^c   Guarducci, Riccardo ^d   Lucà, Giuditta ^e   Emanuele, Alessandro ^d   Zaccaria, Onofrio ^f   La Gioia, Vincenzo F P ^f   Girardi, Enrico ^b   Capobianchi, Maria R ^b   Ippolito, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ITA Navy   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c ITA Navy   (Italy)

^d ITA Navy   (Italy)

^e National Institute for Infectious Diseases 'L Spallanzani' ^*  (Italy)

^f ITA Defence General Staff   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FIXING ANTIBODY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROWDING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAILOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIP; SOLDIER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ITALY; RISK; TIME;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79251621166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015933     Document Type: Article

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