Morbidity and the economic burden of influenza in children in israel - A clinical, virologic and economic review

Harefuah

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 960-965

  Kiro, Amnon ^a,b   Robinson, Gary ^a   Laks, Josef ^a   Mor, Zohar ^b   Varsano, Noemi ^c   Mendelson, Ella ^c   Amitai, Ziva S ^b  

^a KH Sick Fund ^*  (Israel)

^b Ministry of Health Tel Aviv District   (Israel)

^c The Pediatric Flu Study Members   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood influenza; Cost benefit influenza vaccine; Influenza; Influenza like illness (ILI); URTI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL;

EID: 63149131405     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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