The underrecognized burden of influenza in young children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Poehling, Katherine A ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Weinberg, Geoffrey A ^b   Szilagyi, Peter ^b   Staat, Mary Allen ^c   Iwane, Marika K ^d   Bridges, Carolyn B ^d   Grijalva, Carlos G ^a   Zhu, Yuwei ^a   Bernstein, David I ^c   Herrera, Guillermo ^d   Erdman, Dean ^d   Hall, Caroline B ^b   Seither, Ranee ^d   Griffin, Marie R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745698685     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa054869     Document Type: Article

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