Viral aetiology of influenza-like illness in Belgium during the influenza A(H1N1)2009 pandemic

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 999-1007

  Hombrouck, A ^a   Sabbe, M ^a   Van Casteren, V ^a   Wuillaume, F ^a   Hue, D ^a   Reynders, M ^b   Gerard C ^a   Brochier, B ^a   Van Eldere, J ^c   Van Ranst, M ^d   Thomas, I ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b AZ Sint Jan   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BELGIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISORIENTATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; RHINOVIRUS; TACHYPNEA; THROAT CULTURE; TREND STUDY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VOMITING; WHEEZING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863843107     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1398-4     Document Type: Article

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