Asymptomatic ratio for seasonal H1N1 influenza infection among schoolchildren in Taiwan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   Tsai, Chen An ^c   Lin, Chien Yu ^c   Chen, Jin Hua ^b   King, Chwan Chuen ^c   Chao, Day Yu ^d   Cheng, Kuang Fu ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Asymptomatic ratio; H1N1; Seasonal influenza; Symptoms; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; PAIN; RHINORRHEA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; VOMITING; BLOOD; COUGH; EPIDEMIC; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COUGH; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893642948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-80     Document Type: Article

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