Influenza and other respiratory viruses in three Central American countries

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-134

  Laguna Torres, Victor A ^a   Sánchez Largaespada, José F ^b   Lorenzana, Ivette ^c   Forshey, Brett ^a   Aguilar, Patricia ^a   Jimenez, Mirna ^d   Parrales, Eduardo ^e   Rodriguez, Francisco ^f   García, Josefina ^a   Jimenez, Ileana ^b   Rivera, Maribel ^g   Perez, Juan ^a   Sovero, Merly ^a   Rios, Jane ^a   Gamero, María E ^a   Halsey, Eric S ^a   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a California   (Peru)

^b Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^c NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^d Hospital de Santa Ana   (El Salvador)

^e Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^f Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^g Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social Hospital de Especialidades   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Central America; Enterovirus; Influenza; Respiratory viruses; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EL SALVADOR; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HONDURAS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79951532037     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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