Influenza epidemiology in italy two years after the 2009-2010 pandemic need to improve vaccination coverage

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 561-567

  Gasparini, Roberto ^a,b   Bonanni, Paolo ^c   Amicizia, Daniela ^a,b   Bella, Antonino ^d   Donatelli, Isabella ^d,e   Cristina, Maria Luisa ^a   Panatto, Donatella ^a,b   Luigi Lai, Piero ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Inter University Centre of Research on Influenza and Other Transmissible Infections (CIRI IT)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e WHO National Influenza Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coverage vaccination; Epidemiology; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Influenza like illness; Pandemics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; ITALY; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS STRAIN; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874735597     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.23235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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