Impact of swine influenza and quarantine measures on patients and households during the H1N1/09 pandemic

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 289-296

  Teh, Benjamin ^a   Olsen, Karen ^a   Black, Jim ^b   Cheng, Allen C ^c,d   Aboltins, Craig ^e   Bull, Kirstin ^e   Johnson, Paul D R ^a   Grayson, M Lindsay ^a,c   Torresi, Joseph ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

households; pH1N1; quarantine; secondary attack rates

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84858981337     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.631572     Document Type: Article

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