2009 pandemic influenza a virus subtype H1N1 in Morocco, 2009-2010: Epidemiology, transmissibility, and factors associated with fatal cases

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Barakat, Amal ^a,b   Ihazmad, Hassan ^a   El Falaki, Fatima ^a   Tempia, Stefano ^c   Cherkaoui, Imad ^a   El Aouad, Rajae ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^b MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODILY SECRETIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870051509     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis547     Document Type: Article

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