Assessing the burden of paediatric influenza in Europe: The European paediatric influenza analysis (EPIA) project

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 997-1008

  Paget, W John ^a   Balderston, Catherine ^b,i   Casas, Inmaculada ^c,i,q   Donker, Gé ^a,i   Edelman, Laurel ^b,i   Fleming, Douglas ^d,i,l   Larrauri, Amparo ^e,i,q   Meijer, Adam ^f,i   Puzelli, Simona ^g,i   Rizzo, Caterina ^g,i   Simonsen, Lone ^b,h,i   Bella, Antonino ^g,i   Pérez Breña, Pilar ^i,q   Cuadrado, Teresa Lopez ^i,q   de Mateo, Salvador ^i,q   Donatelli, Isabella ^g,i   Elliot, Alex ^i,k   Glisman, Steffen ^i,j   Heikkinen, Terho ⁱ   de Lejarazu Leonardo, Raul Ortiz ^i,r   Mazick, Anne ^i,j   McMenamin, Jim ^i,p   Molbak, Kare ^i,j   Nielsen, Lars ^i,j   Paget, John ⁱ   Pnaiser, Rajinder ^i,l   Pregliasco, Fabrizio ^i,o   Reynolds, Arlene ^i,p   Smith, Derek ⁱ   Suñé, Tomás Pumarola ^i,s   van der Sande, Marianne ^f,i   Alonso, Tomás Vega ^i,t   Vesikari, Timo ^i,m   Watson, John ^i,k   Weil Olivier, Catherine ⁱ   Zambon, Maria ⁱ   Ziegler, Thedi ^i,n   more..

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b SDI   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Royal College of General Practitioners   (United Kingdom)

^e CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Statens Serum Institut ^*

^j STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^k PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^l ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

ⁿ NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^p HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^q INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^r Centro de Gripe de Valladolid   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^t Health Sentinel Network of Castilla y Leon   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Burden of disease; Children; Europe; Influenza; Modelling; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEASON; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954424200     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1164-0     Document Type: Article

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