Validation of statistical models for estimating hospitalization associated with influenza and other respiratory viruses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Lin ^a   Chiu, Susan S ^a   Chan, King Pan ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Wong, Wilfred Hing Sang ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a,b   Wong, Chit Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON REGRESSION MODEL; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATE DIFFERENCE MODEL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS LOAD; HOSPITALIZATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RESPIROVIRUS;

EID: 79952591594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017882     Document Type: Article

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