Comparative analysis of clinical characteristics of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 and seasonal influenza a infections in hospitalized children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-296

  Heininger, Ulrich ^a   Baer, Gurli ^a   Ryser, Anna Julia ^a   Li, Yulin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; H1N1; Influenza; Pandemic

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; CROUP; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA A; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA A; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876291300     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318279ce4b     Document Type: Article

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