Understanding the burden of influenza infection among adults in Canadian hospitals: A comparison of the 2009-2010 pandemic season with the prepandemic and postpandemic seasons

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1032-1037

  Mitchell, Robyn ^a   Taylor, Geoffrey ^b   McGeer, Allison ^c   Frenette, Charles ^d   Suh, Kathryn N ^e   Wong, Alice ^f   Katz, Kevin ^g   Wilkinson, Krista ^a   Amihod, Barbara ^h   Gravel, Denise ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Health care associated infection; Hospitalized adults; Influenza; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITALIZED ADULTS; INFLUENZA; SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887003703     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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