Prevalence of influenza A infection in the Middle-East: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1787-1801

  Moghoofei, Mohsen ^a   Monavari, Seyed Hamidreza ^b   Mostafaei, Shayan ^c,d   Hadifar, Shima ^e   Ghasemi, Amir ^f   Babaei, Farhad ^a   Kavosi, Hoda ^d   Tavakoli, Ahmad ^b   Javanmard, Davod ^b   Esghaei, Maryam ^b   Khodabandehlou, Nilofar ^b  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^f SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

influenza; meta analysis; Middle East; subtype

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; REVIEW; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEVICES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H5N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H9N2); MALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H9N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 85047872319     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12758     Document Type: Review

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