Clinical characteristics are similar across type A and B influenza virus infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Mosnier, Anne ^a   Caini, Saverio ^a   Daviaud, Isabelle ^a   Nauleau, Elodie ^a   Bui, Tan Tai ^a   Debost, Emmanuel ^b   Bedouret, Bernard ^b   Agius, Gérard ^c   Van Der Werf, Sylvie ^d   Lina, Bruno ^e   Cohen, Jean Marie ^a  

^a Open Rome (Organize and Promote Epidemiological Network)   (France)

^b General Practitioner or Paediatrician GROG Network   (France)

^c POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; OTALGIA; OTITIS; PHARYNGITIS; RHINITIS; SEX RATIO; SHIVERING; AGE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943243110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136186     Document Type: Article

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