Effect of the H1N1 influenza pandemic on the incidence of epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis and on hygiene behavior: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Hyun Su ^a   Choi, Ho Chun ^a   Cho, Belong ^a   Lee, Joon Yong ^b   Kwon, Min Jeong ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH KOREA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051686746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023444     Document Type: Article

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