Influenza season in Réunion dominated by infuenza B virus circulation associated with numerous cases of severe disease, France, 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 39, 2014, Pages

  Brottet, E ^a   Vandroux, D ^b   Gauzere, B A ^b   Antok, E ^c   Jafar Bandjee, M C ^b   Michault, A ^c   Filleul, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire   (France)

^c Saint Pierre   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84907841541     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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