Respiratory viral infections in institutions from late stage of the first and second waves of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009, Ontario, Canada

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Asner, Sandra ^a   Peci, Adriana ^b   Marchand Austin, Alex ^c   Winter, Anne Luise ^b   Olsha, Romy ^b   Kristjanson, Erik ^b   Low, Donald E ^b,d,e   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^a,b,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enterovirus human rhinovirus (ENT HRV); Long term care facilities; Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 (A(H1N1)pdm09)

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DAY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PANDEMICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84859755110     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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