Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015

An increase in hospital admissions for influenza occurred during the summer of 2015 at an acute care facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Investigation identified 25 patients with recent history of cruise ship travel to Alaska. All characterized influenza A viruses were A(H3N2). We descr...

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Autores principales: Payne, Michael, Skowronski, Danuta, Sabaiduc, Suzana, Merrick, Linda, Lowe, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460744
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171378
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author Payne, Michael
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description An increase in hospital admissions for influenza occurred during the summer of 2015 at an acute care facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Investigation identified 25 patients with recent history of cruise ship travel to Alaska. All characterized influenza A viruses were A(H3N2). We describe patient treatment regimens and outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-58233432018-03-01 Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015 Payne, Michael Skowronski, Danuta Sabaiduc, Suzana Merrick, Linda Lowe, Christopher Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch An increase in hospital admissions for influenza occurred during the summer of 2015 at an acute care facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Investigation identified 25 patients with recent history of cruise ship travel to Alaska. All characterized influenza A viruses were A(H3N2). We describe patient treatment regimens and outcomes. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5823343/ /pubmed/29460744 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.171378 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015
title Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015
title_full Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015
title_fullStr Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015
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title_short Increase in Hospital Admissions for Severe Influenza A/B among Travelers on Cruise Ships to Alaska, 2015
title_sort increase in hospital admissions for severe influenza a/b among travelers on cruise ships to alaska, 2015
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823343/
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