Relationship between the population incidence of febrile convulsions in young children in Sydney, Australia and seasonal epidemics of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, 2003-2010: A time series analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Polkinghorne, Benjamin G ^a,c   Muscatello, David J ^b,c   MacIntyre, C Raina ^c   Lawrence, Glenda L ^c   Middleton, Paul M ^c,d   Torvaldsen, Siranda ^c  

^a NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Ambulance Service New South Wales Rescue Helicopter Base Bankstown Airport   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 81355151456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-291     Document Type: Article

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