Unchanged severity of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 infection in children during first postpandemic season

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1755-1762

  Altmann, Mathias ^a   Fiebig, Lena ^a   Buda, Silke ^a   von Kries, Rüdiger ^b   Dehnert, Manuel ^a   Haas, Walter ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 84867843692     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1811.120719     Document Type: Article

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