Fatal cases of influenza A in childhood

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Johnson, Benjamin F ^a,b   Wilson, Louise E ^c   Ellis, Joanna ^a   Elliot, Alex J ^a,d   Barclay, Wendy S ^b   Pebody, Richard G ^a   McMenamin, Jim ^c   Fleming, Douglas M ^d   Zambon, Maria C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATALITY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VOMITING; WINTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70449568323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007671     Document Type: Article

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