Mortality attributable to 9 common infections: Significant effect of influenza A, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza B, norovirus, and parainfluenza in elderly persons

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 628-639

  Van Asten, Liselotte ^a   Van Den Wijngaard, Cees ^a   Van Pelt, Wilfrid ^a   Van De Kassteele, Jan ^b   Meijer, Adam ^a   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a   Koopmans, Marion ^a,c  

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

^b Expertise Centre for Methodology and Information Services   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 84864946456     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis415     Document Type: Article

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