Influenza-like illness in acute myocardial infarction patients during the winter wave of the influenza A H1N1 pandemic in London: A case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Warren Gash, Charlotte ^a   Geretti, Anna Maria ^b   Hamilton, George ^c   Rakhit, Roby D ^c   Smeeth, Liam ^d   Hayward, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878455010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002604     Document Type: Article

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