Sentinel Surveillance of Influenza-Like Illness in Two Hospitals in Maracay, Venezuela: 2006-2010

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Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Comach, Guillermo ^a   Teneza Mora, Nimfa ^b   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^b,c   Espino, Carlos ^a   Sierra, Gloria ^a   Camacho, Daria E ^a   Laguna Torres, V Alberto ^c   Garcia, Josefina ^c   Chauca, Gloria ^c   Gamero, Maria E ^c   Sovero, Merly ^c   Bordones, Slave ^d   Villalobos, Iris ^e   Melchor, Angel ^f   Halsey, Eric S ^c  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas   (Venezuela)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c California   (Peru)

^d Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Trabajo y Seguridad Social Venezuela   (Venezuela)

^e Hospital Central de Maracay   (Venezuela)

^f Dir Gen Sectorial Malariologia S   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VENEZUELA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VENEZUELA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 84866286076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044511     Document Type: Article

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