Nosocomial pandemic (H1N1) 2009, United Kingdom, 2009-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 592-598

  Enstone, Joanne E ^a   Myles, Puja R ^a   Openshaw, Peter J M ^b   Gadd, Elaine M ^c   Lim, Wei Shen ^d   Semple, Malcolm G ^e   Read, Robert C ^f   Taylor, Bruce L ^g   McMenamin, James ^h   Armstrong, Colin ^c   Bannister, Barbara ^c   Nicholson, Karl G ⁱ   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953704172     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1704.101679     Document Type: Article

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