An under-recognized influenza epidemic identified by rapid influenza testing, Southern Sri Lanka, 2013

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1023-1029

  Tillekeratne, L Gayani ^a   Bodinayake, Champica K ^b   Nagahawatte, Ajith ^b   Vidanagama, Dhammika ^c   Devasiri, Vasantha ^b   Arachchi, Wasantha Kodikara ^c   Kurukulasooriya, Ruvini ^b   De Silva, Aruna Dharshan ^d   Østybe, Truls ^a   Reller, Megan E ^e   Woods, Christopher W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Teaching Hospital Karapitiya   (Sri Lanka)

^d Veterinary Research Institute   (Sri Lanka)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA B RAPID TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NASOPHARYNX; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929119621     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0708     Document Type: Article

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