Influenza A and B virus infections in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Peltola, Ville ^a,c   Ziegler, Thedi ^b   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA A ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA B ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037311498     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345909     Document Type: Article

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