Epidemiology of influenza virus types and subtypes in South Africa, 2009-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1162-1169

  Cohen, Adam L ^a,b   Hellferscee, Orienka ^a,c   Pretorius, Marthi ^a,c   Treurnicht, Florette ^a,c   Walaza, Sibongile ^a,c   Madhi, Shabir ^d,e   Groome, Michelle ^d,e   Dawood, Halima ^f,g   Variava, Ebrahim ^h   Kahn, Kathleen ^d,i,j   Wolter, Nicole ^a,c,d   on Gottberg, Anne ^a,c,d   Tempia, Stefano ^a,b,c   Venter, Marietjie ^a,b,c,k   Cohen, Cheryl ^a,c,d  

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

^b National Institute for Communicable Diseases ^*

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospitals Complex   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^h Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital   (South Africa)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Ghana)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; COINFECTION; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902805326     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2007.131869     Document Type: Article

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