Pandemic influenza A (2009 H1N1) in hospitalized patients in a Saudi Arabian hospital: Epidemiology and clinical comparison with H1N1-negative patients

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 228-234

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   Abed, Mahmoud ^a   Saadeh, Bassam M ^a   Ghandour, Jihad ^a   Shaltaf, Mohammad ^a   Babiker, Mohamed M ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

H1N1; Influenza; Pandemic; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857076074     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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