Influenza a and b viruses but not mers-cov in hajj pilgrims, austria, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 726-727

  Aberle, Judith H ^a   Popow Kraupp, Theresia ^b   Kreidl, Peter ^b   Laferl, Hermann ^c   Heinz, Franz X ^a   Aberle, Stephan W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Federal Ministry of Health   (Austria)

^c KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AUSTRIA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84924981332     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2104.141745     Document Type: Letter

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