Incidence, seasonality and mortality associated with influenza pneumonia in Thailand: 2005-2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Simmerman, James Mark ^a   Chittaganpitch, Malinee ^a   Levy, Jens ^a   Chantra, Somrak ^a   Maloney, Susan ^a   Uyeki, Timothy ^b   Areerat, Peera ^a   Thamthitiwat, Somsak ^a   Olsen, Sonja J ^b   Fry, Alicia ^b   Ungchusak, Kumnuan ^a   Baggett, Henry C ^a   Chunsuttiwat, Supamit ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 70450169884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007776     Document Type: Article

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