Incidence of influenza-associated mortality and hospitalizations in Argentina during 2002-2009

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 710-717

  Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a   Cabrera, Ana María ^b   Cheng, Po Yung ^a   Garcia, Enio ^b   Kusznierz, Gabriela ^c   Calli, Rogelio ^b   Baez, Clarisa ^f   Buyayisqui, María Pía ^b   Poyard, Eleonora ^b   Pérez, Emanuel ^c   Basurto Davila, Ricardo ^a   Palekar, Rakhee ^a,d   Oliva, Otavio ^d   Alencar, Airlane Pereira ^e   de Souza, Regilo ^d   dos Santos, Thais ^d   Shay, David K ^a   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^a   Breese, Joseph ^a   Echenique, Horacio ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministerio de Salud Pública de la Provincia del Chaco   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Dr Emilio Coni   (Argentina)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Ministerio de Salud de la provincia de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Hospitalizations; Incidence; Influenza; Mortality; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ARGENTINA; HOSPITALIZATIONS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 84882687755     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12022     Document Type: Article

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