Severe acute respiratory disease in health-care workers during the influenza H1N1 pandemic in Argentina

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-40

  Pryluka, Daniel ^a   Lopardo, Gustavo ^b   Daciuk, Lucia ^c   Stecher, Daniel ^d   Bonvehi, Pablo ^e  

^a Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Bernardo Houssay in northern Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Influenza H1N1 virus; Severe acute respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MASK;

EID: 84872390203     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2368     Document Type: Article

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