Pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 influenza: Review of the Southern Hemisphere experience

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-40

  Falagas, M E ^a,b,c   Koletsi, P K ^a   Baskouta, E ^a   Rafailidis, P I ^a,b   Dimopoulos, G ^a,d   Karageorgopoulos, D E ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age groups; gravidity; overweight; pandemic influenza; respiratory tract infections; risk factors

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; FATALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MORBID OBESITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79951904851     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002037     Document Type: Review

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