Virus interference. Did rhinoviruses activity hamper the progress of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in Norway?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1132-1134

  Ånestad, Gabriel ^a   Nordbø, Svein Arne ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PICORNAVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS; SUMMER; VIRUS INTERFERENCE;

HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NORWAY; PANDEMICS; RHINOVIRUS; VIRAL INTERFERENCE;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 80755132130     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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