Influenza-like illness in an urban community of Salvador, Brazil: Incidence, seasonality and risk factors

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Oliveira, Carlos R ^a   Costa, Gisela S R ^b   Paploski, Igor A D ^b,c   Kikuti, Mariana ^b,c   Kasper, Amelia M ^b   Silva, Monaise M O ^b   Tavares, Aline S ^b   Cruz, Jaqueline S ^b   Queiroz, Tássia L ^c   Lima, Helena C A V ^b   Calcagno, Juan ^b   Reis, Mitermayer G ^b,c,d   Weinberger, Daniel M ^d   Shapiro, Eugene D ^a,d   Ko, Albert I ^b,d   Ribeiro, Guilherme S ^b,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Incidence and Seasonality; Influenza like Illness; Tropics

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DENGUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORE THROAT; TROPICS; URBAN POPULATION; CHILD HEALTH; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008489952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1456-8     Document Type: Article

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