Burden of the 1999-2008 seasonal influenza epidemics in Italy: Comparison with the H1N1v (A/California/07/09) pandemic

Human Vaccines

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages 217-225

  Lai, Piero Luigi ^a,b   Panatto, Donatella ^a   Ansaldi, Filippo ^a,b   Canepa, Paola ^a   Amicizia, Daniela ^a   Patria, Antonio Giuseppe ^a   Gasparini, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Interuniversity Research Centre on Influenza and Viral Infections (CIRI IV)   (Italy)

Author keywords

A California 07 09 strain; Economic burden; Epidemiological surveillance; H1N1v; Influenza; Pandemic; Virological surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); ITALY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TREND STUDY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052920317     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.7.0.14607     Document Type: Review

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