Differing clinical characteristics between influenza strains among young healthy adults in the tropics

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yap, Jonathan ^a   Tan, Chi H ^a   Cook, Alex R ^b,c   Loh, Jin P ^d   Tambyah, Paul A ^e   Tan, Boon H ^d   Lee, Vernon J ^a,b,f  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^f The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NOSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; SOLDIER; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY;

FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NOSE; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855998060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-12     Document Type: Article

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