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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*
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 (rabagli@med.puc.cl)
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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