Influenza-related mortality trends in japanese and american seniors: Evidence for the indirect mortality benefits of vaccinating schoolchildren

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Charu, Vivek ^a   Viboud, Cécile ^a   Simonsen, Lone ^a,b   Sturm Ramirez, Katharine ^a   Shinjoh, Masayoshi ^c   Chowell, Gerardo ^a,d   Miller, Mark ^a   Sugaya, Norio ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Keiyu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EVALUATION; JAPAN; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MORTALITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 80455126993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026282     Document Type: Article

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