Comparison of laboratory-confirmed influenza and noninfluenza acute respiratory illness in healthcare personnel during the 2010-2011 influenza season

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 538-546

  Henkle, Emily ^a   Irving, Stephanie A ^a   Naleway, Allison L ^a   Gaglani, Manjusha J ^b   Ball, Sarah ^c   Spencer, Sarah ^d   Peasah, Sam ^d   Thompson, Mark G ^d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILL; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROAT CULTURE; ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898739122     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675832     Document Type: Article

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