Viral respiratory infections during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) outbreak in the West Midlands Region, UK

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1551-1556

  Tanner, H E ^a   Curran, M D ^b   Boxall, E H ^a   Osman, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

H1N1; influenza; respiratory; swine

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; RNA EXTRACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864489135     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002251     Document Type: Article

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