Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in a boarding school: Serological analysis of 1570 cases

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-239

  Li, Tiegang ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Di, Biao ^a   Wang, Ming ^a   Shen, Jichuan ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Yuan, Jun ^a   Wu, Jibin ^a   Li, Kuibiao ^a   Lu, Enjie ^a   Wu, Yejian ^a   Hao, Aihua ^a   Chen, Xiongfei ^a   Wang, Yulin ^a   Liu, Jianhua ^a   Pickerill, Sam ^b   Zheng, Bojian ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Hangzhou Cifu Biotechnology Co Ltd   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2009 pandemic H1N1; Influenza; Outbreak; Serological analysis

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILL; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SORE THROAT; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

EID: 79851513639     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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