Outbreaks of influenza-like illness in long-term care facilities in Winnipeg, Canada

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1055-1061

  Mahmud, Salaheddin M ^a,b   Thompson, Laura H ^a   Nowicki, Deborah L ^a,b   Plourde, Pierre J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Influenza like illness outbreaks; Long term care facilities

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STAFF; VIRUS ETIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS OUTBREAKS; LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES;

CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONG-TERM CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887146562     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12052     Document Type: Article

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