Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: An unrecognized cause of mortality in children in pakistan

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 791-795

  Ali, Syed Asad ^a   Aziz, Fatima ^a   Akhtar, Nida ^a   Qureshi, Shahida ^a   Edwards, Kathryn ^b   Zaidi, Anita ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; H1N1; Influenza; Pakistan; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84884364588     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2013.803292     Document Type: Article

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