Influenza B outbreak on a cruise ship off the São Paulo coast, Brazil

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 298-303

  Fernandes, Eder Gatti ^a   De Souza, Priscila B ^a   De Oliveira, Maria Emília B ^a   Lima, Gisele D F ^a   Pellini, Alessandra Cristina G ^a   Ribeiro, Manoel Carlos S A ^b   Sato, Helena K ^c   Ribeiro, Ana F ^d   Yu, Ana Lucia F ^a  

^a Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Centro Universitário Salesiano   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica Prof Alexandre Vranjac   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREW MEMBER; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SMEAR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIP; SHOCK; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIPS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84906937142     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12132     Document Type: Article

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