Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and seasonal influenza A (H3N2) in children's hospital, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1960-1962

  Khandaker, Gulam ^a   Lester Smith, David ^a   Zurynski, Yvonne ^a   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^a   Booy, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FATALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEIZURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING;

EID: 84930478319     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.101670     Document Type: Letter

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