Treating and preventing influenza in aged care facilities: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Treating and preventing influenza in aged care facilities: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality for frail older people. Whilst the antiviral drug oseltamivir (a neuraminidase inhibitor) is approved for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza during outbreaks, there have been no trials comparing treatment only (T) versus trea...

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Main Authors: Robert Booy, Richard I Lindley, Dominic E Dwyer, Jiehui K Yin, Leon G Heron, Cameron R M Moffatt, Clayton K Chiu, Alexander E Rosewell, Anna S Dean, Timothy Dobbins, David J Philp, Zhanhai Gao, C Raina MacIntyre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3474842?pdf=render

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