Clinic-and hospital-based sentinel influenza surveillance, Uganda 2007-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Lutwama, Julius J ^a   Bakamutumaho, Barnabas ^a   Kayiwa, John T ^a   Chiiza, Richard ^a   Namagambo, Barbara ^a   Katz, Mark A ^b   Geissler, Aimee L ^c  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THROAT CULTURE; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870028011     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis578     Document Type: Article

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