Virological surveillance of influenza-like illness among children in Ghana, 2008-2010

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Bonney, Joseph H K ^a   Kronmann, Karl C ^b   Lindan, Christina P ^c   Asante, Ivy A ^a   Parbie, Prince ^a   Aboagye, James ^a   Amankwah, Joseph ^d   Odoom, John Kofi ^a   Adjabeng, Michael ^d   Nzussouo, Ndahwouh Talla ^b   Ahadzie, Lawson ^d   Barthel, Robert Vince ^e   Cornelius, Clair ^e   Amofah, George ^d   Oyofo, Buhari ^e   Ampofo, William K ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTINATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AFRICA; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 84870034029     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis577     Document Type: Article

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