Elevated influenza-related excess mortality in South African elderly individuals, 1998-2005

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1362-1369

  Cohen, Cheryl ^a,b   Simonsen, Lone ^d,e   Kang, Jong Won ^d   Miller, Mark ^d   McAnerney, Jo ^a   Blumberg, Lucille ^a   Schoub, Barry ^a,c   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,c   Viboud, Cécile ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649887517     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657314     Document Type: Article

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