Outbreak of influenza A (H3N2) variant virus infection among attendees of an agricultural fair, Pennsylvania, USA, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1937-1944

  Wong, Karen K ^a   Greenbaum, Adena ^a   Moll, Maria E ^b   Lando, James ^c   Moore, Erin L ^d   Ganatra, Rahul ^a   Biggerstaff, Matthew ^a   Lam, Eugene ^a   Smith, Erica E ^b   Storms, Aaron D ^a   Miller, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Dato, Virginia ^b   Nalluswami, Kumar ^b   Nambiar, Atmaram ^b   Silvestri, Sharon A ^c   Lute, James R ^b   Ostroff, Stephen ^b   Hancock, Kathy ^a   Branch, Alicia ^a   Trock, Susan C ^a   Klimov, Alexander ^a   Shu, Bo ^a   Brammer, Lynnette ^a   Epperson, Scott ^a   Finelli, Lyn ^a   Jhung, Michael A ^a   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Allegheny County Health Department   (United States)

^d Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTERVIEW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869835750     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.121097     Document Type: Article

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