Concurrent influenza and shigellosis outbreaks, Papua New Guinea, 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 756-758

  Rosewell, Alexander ^a,b   Dagina, Rosheila ^c   Murhekar, Manoj ^a   Ropa, Berry ^c   Posanai, Enoch ^c   Dutta, Samir ^d   Barr, Ian ^a   Mola, Glen ^e   Zwi, Anthony ^b   Raina Maclntyre, C ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^d PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CONCURRENT INFECTION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; LETTER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 79953704767     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.101021     Document Type: Letter

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