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Rates of Hospital-Acquired Influenza Due to the Pandemic H1N1 Virus in 2009, Compared with Seasonal Influenza

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ricardo Rabagliati ,
Jaime Labarca ,
Leonardo Siri ,
Carlos M. Perez  and
Marcela Ferres
Ricardo Rabagliati*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Jaime Labarca
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Leonardo Siri
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Carlos M. Perez
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Marcela Ferres
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
*
Department of Internal Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 63, postal code 8330023, Santiago, Chile ([email protected])
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , February 2011 , pp. 198 - 200
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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