Risk factors of household transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 among patients treated with antivirals: A prospective study at a primary clinic in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hirotsu, Nobuo ^a   Wada, Koji ^b   Oshitani, Hitoshi ^c  

^a Hirotsu Clinic   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANDEMIC; STATISTICS;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; PANDEMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857134747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031519     Document Type: Article

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