Prospective study of influenza c in hospitalized children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 916-919

  Calvo, Cristina ^a   García García, Maria Luz ^a   Borrell, Belen ^b   Pozo, Francisco ^a   Casas, Inmaculada ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis; hospitalized children; influenza C; respiratory infections; wheezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA C; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INFLUENZAVIRUS C; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84880577611     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828fca10     Document Type: Article

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