Increased extent of and risk factors for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and seasonal infl uenza among children, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1740-1743

  Engelhard, Dan ^a,b   Bromberg, Michal ^c   Averbuch, Diana ^a   Tenenbaum, Ariel ^a   Goldmann, Daniele ^d   Kunin, Marina ^b   Shmueli, Einat ^a   Yatsiv, Ido ^a   Weintraub, Michael ^a   Mandelboim, Michal ^e   Strauss Liviatan, Nurith ^a   Anis, Emilia ^d   Mendelson, Ella ^e   Shohat, Tamy ^c,f   Wolf, Dana G ^a   Shapiro, Mervyn ^g   Grotto, Itamar ^d,g  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Israel Center for Disease Control   (Israel)

^d Public Health Services   (Israel)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISRAEL; PANDEMICS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80052179642     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1709.102022     Document Type: Article

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