Incidence and risk factors for acute respiratory illnesses and influenza virus infections in Australian travellers to Asia

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-58

  Ratnam, Irani ^a,b   Black, Jim ^b   Leder, Karin ^a,c   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,b   Gordon, Ian ^b   Matchett, Elizabeth ^a   Padiglione, Alex ^e   Woolley, Ian ^c,e   Karapanagiotidis, Theo ^f   Gherardin, Tony ^g   Demont, Clarisse ^d   Luxemburger, Christine ^d   Torresi, Joseph ^b,h  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^e MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^f VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^g TMVC   (Australia)

^h AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incidence; Influenza; Respiratory viruses; Travellers

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TOURISM; TRAVEL; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84875812484     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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