Respiratory viral pathogens among Singapore military servicemen 2009 - 2012: Epidemiology and clinical characteristics

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Xin Q ^a,b   Zhao, Xiahong ^c   Lee, Vernon J ^a,c   Loh, Jin P ^d   Tan, Boon H ^d   Koh, Wee Hong V ^d   Ng, Sock H ^d   Chen, Mark I Cheng ^c,e   Cook, Alex R ^c,f,g  

^a Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Defence Medical and Environmental Research Institute   (Singapore)

^e TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Influenza; Influenza like illness ILI; Respiratory infections; Respiratory viruses; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEBRILE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SORE THROAT; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; FEMALE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SINGAPORE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84899964237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-204     Document Type: Article

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