Emergency department visits for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 863-865

  Self, Wesley H ^a,b   Grijalva, Carlos G ^a   Zhu, Yuwei ^a   Keipp Talbot, H ^a   Jules, Astride ^a   Widmer, Kyle E ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Williams, John V ^a   Shay, David K ^c   Griffin, Marie R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Valley Health   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TENNESSEE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859840187     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.111233     Document Type: Article

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