Influenza-related hospitalizations among children in Hong Kong

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 2097-2103

  Chiu, Susan S ^a   Lung Lau, Yu ^a   Chan, Kwok H ^a   Wong, Wilfred Hing Sang ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037180752     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa020546     Document Type: Article

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