Healthcare-associated influenza in Canadian hospitals from 2006 to 2012

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-175

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892769104     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674858     Document Type: Article

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