Province-wide adenovirus type 3 outbreak with severe cases in New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Girouard, Gabriel ^a   Garceau, Richard ^a   Thibault, Louise ^a   Bourque, Christine ^b   Bastien, Nathalie ^c   Li, Yan ^c  

^a Dr Georges L Dumont University Hospital Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Outbreak; Pneumonia; Type 3

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CIDOFOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOXIFLOXACIN; PROBENECID;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS 3; ADENOVIRUS TYPE 3 PNEUMONIA; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANADA; CHILL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEROCONVERSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 79953241320     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/575476     Document Type: Article

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