Comparison of critically ill patients between different outbreaks caused by pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus in Okinawa, Japan

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Sunagawa, Satoko ^a,b   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a   Uno, Tsukasa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Influenza; Outbreaks; Pandemic; Severe patients

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; JAPAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054778964     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00275.x     Document Type: Letter

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