Registry-based surveillance of influenza-associated hospitalisations during the 2009 influenza pandemic in denmark: The hidden burden on the young

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Widgren, Katarina ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens ^a   Mølbak, Kare ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; REGISTER; SEASON; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649803039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013939     Document Type: Article

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