The Dynamic Relationship between Clinical Symptomatology and Viral Shedding in Naturally Acquired Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Virus Infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 431-437

  Ip, Dennis K M ^a   Lau, Lincoln L H ^b   Chan, Kwok Hung ^c   Fang, Vicky J ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Peiris, Malik J S ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Department of Microbiology ^*  (China)

Author keywords

influenza; symptoms; viral shedding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959903304     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ909     Document Type: Article

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