Estimating influenza hospitalizations among children

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Grijalva, Carlos G ^a,d   Craig, Allen S ^a,b   Dupont, William D ^a   Bridges, Carolyn B ^c   Schrag, Stephanie J ^c   Iwane, Marika K ^c   Schaffner, William ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Griffin, Marie R ^a,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VACCINATION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 31344481194     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.050308     Document Type: Article

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