Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in households with young children

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Peltola, Ville ^a,b   Teros Jaakkola, Tamara ^a,b   Rulli, Maris ^a,b   Toivonen, Laura ^a,b   Broberg, Eeva ^b   Waris, Matti ^b   Mertsola, Jussi ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Household transmission; Infant; Influenza A (H1N1) virus; Pandemic influenza

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETHARGY; NOSE SMEAR; OTITIS MEDIA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84859754341     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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