Viral etiology of influenza-like illnesses in Cameroon, January-December 2009

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Njouom, Richard ^a   Yekwa, Elsie Laban ^a   Cappy, Pierre ^a   Vabret, Astrid ^b   Boisier, Pascal ^a   Rousset, Dominique ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 1; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 2; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 4; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869987617     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis573     Document Type: Article

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