Influenza viruses in Thailand: 7years of sentinel surveillance data, 2004-2010

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 276-283

  Chittaganpitch, Malinee ^a   Supawat, Krongkaew ^a   Olsen, Sonja J ^a,b   Waicharoen, Sunthareeya ^a   Patthamadilok, Sirima ^a   Yingyong, Thitipong ^a   Brammer, Lynnette ^b   Epperson, Scott P ^b   Akrasewi, Passakorn ^a   Sawanpanyalert, Pathom ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza; Inpatients; Outpatients; Surveillance; Thailand

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND; VIRUS CULTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862005330     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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