Surveillance of hospitalised patients with influenza-like illness during pandemic influenza A(H1N1) season in Sicily, April 2009 - December 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 35, 2011, Pages

  Tramuto, F ^a   Maida, C M ^a   Bonura, F ^a   Perna, A M ^a   Puzelli, S ^b   de Marco, M A ^b   Donatelli, I ^b   Aprea, L ^c   Firenze, A ^a   Arcadipane, A ^d   Palazzo, U ^d   Vitale, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEART DISEASE; CHRONIC NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRAVEL;

EID: 80052729445     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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