Severity of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection may not be directly correlated with initial viral load in upper respiratory tract

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 367-373

  Wu, Un In ^a   Wang, Jann Tay ^a   Chen, Yee Chun ^a,b   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Influenza; Pandemic H1N1; Rapid tests; Real time PCR; Viral load

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RISK; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865299294     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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