Sentinel surveillance of influenza-like-illness in two cities of the tropical country of ecuador: 2006-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Douce, Richard W ^a   Aleman, Washington ^b   Chicaiza Ayala, Wilson ^a   Madrid, Cesar ^c   Sovero, Merly ^d   Delgado, Franklin ^c   Rodas, Mireya ^b   Ampuero, Julia ^d   Chauca, Gloria ^d   Perez, Juan ^d   Garcia, Josefina ^d   Kochel, Tadeusz ^d   Halsey, Eric S ^d   Laguna Torres, V Alberto ^d  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^b Hospitals Alcivar y Vernaza   (Ecuador)

^c Hospital Naval   (Ecuador)

^d California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TROPICS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052073168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022206     Document Type: Article

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