Hospitalization attributable to influenza and other viral respiratory illnesses in Canadian children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 795-800

  Schanzer, Dena L ^a   Langley, Joanne M ^b   Tam, Theresa W S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Hospitalization; Influenza; Para influenza virus; Population based; RSV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL BRONCHIOLITIS; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES;

EID: 33748349892     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000232632.86800.8c     Document Type: Article

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