Poor performance of a national clinical case definition of influenza infection during an outbreak of 2009 pandemic H1N1

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-327

  Choi, Seong Ho ^a   Cho, Sun Young ^a   Chung, Jin Won ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 79953048453     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.02.011     Document Type: Letter

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