Comparing pandemic to seasonal influenza mortality: Moderate impact overall but high mortality in young children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  van den Wijngaard, Cees C ^a   van Asten, Liselotte ^a   Koopmans, Marion P G ^a,b   van Pelt, Wilfrid ^a   Nagelkerke, Nico J D ^c   Wielders, Cornelia C H ^a   van Lier, Alies ^a   van der Hoek, Wim ^a   Meijer, Adam ^a   Donker, Gé A ^d   Dijkstra, Frederika ^a   Harmsen, Carel ^e   van der Sande, Marianne A B ^a,f   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFLUENZA; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; SEASON;

RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 84856509782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031197     Document Type: Article

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