2009 pandemic influenza a (H1N1) virus outbreak and response - Rwanda, October, 2009-May, 2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wane, Justin ^a   Nyatanyi, Thierry ^b   Nkunda, Richard ^c   Rukelibuga, Joseph ^d   Ahmed, Zara ^d   Biedron, Caitlin ^d   Kabeja, Adeline ^b   Muhimpundu, Marie Aimée ^b   Kabanda, Alice ^c   Antara, Simon ^e   Briet, Olivier ^b   Koama, Jean Baptiste ^d   Rusanganwa, André ^f   Mukabayire, Odette ^c   Karema, Corine ^b   Raghunathan, Pratima ^d   Lowrance, David ^d  

^a KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^b Center of Treatment and Research on HIV/AIDS Malaria Tuberculosis and Other Epidemic Diseases   (Rwanda)

^c National Reference Laboratory   (Rwanda)

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

^e African Field Epidemiology Network   (Rwanda)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; RWANDA;

EID: 84862748843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031572     Document Type: Article

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