Influenza A/H1N1 (2009) Infection as a Cause of Unexpected Out-of-Hospital Death in the Young

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1650-1655

  Boulagnon, Camille ^a   Leveque, Nicolas ^a   Renois, Fanny ^a   Andreoletti, Laurent ^a   Fornes, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (France)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Influenza A; Myocarditis; Pandemic; Postmortem; Sudden unexplained death; Virology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDDEN DEATH; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

DEATH, SUDDEN; DNA, VIRAL; HEART; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; NOSE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868196735     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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