National Surveillance of Influenza-Associated Encephalopathy in Japan over Six Years, before and during the 2009-2010 Influenza Pandemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gu, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Shimada, Tomoe ^b   Yasui, Yoshinori ^b   Tada, Yuki ^b   Kaku, Mitsuo ^a   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI CITY INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFLUENZA B; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872788837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054786     Document Type: Article

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