The epidemiology of invasive disease due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype a in the Canadian North from 2000 to 2010

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Rotondo, Jenny L ^a   Sherrard, Lindsey ^a   Helferty, Melissa ^a   Tsang, Raymond ^b   Desai, Shalini ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Arctic; Emerging infections; Haemophilus influenzae; Hia; Infectious diseases; Invasive bacterial diseases; Northern Canada; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCTIC; BACTEREMIA; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTEREMIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84881306064     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21142     Document Type: Article

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