Impact of postpartum influenza vaccination of mothers and household contacts in preventing febrile episodes, influenza-like illness, healthcare seeking, and administration of antibiotics in young infants during the 2012-2013 influenza season

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1520-1526

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a   Fotiou, Aikaterini ^b   Antonakopoulos, Nikolaos ^c   Kallogriopoulou, Cleopatra ^c   Katerelos, Panos ^a   Dimopoulou, Antonia ^a   Tsoutsa, Vasiliki ^a   Siahanidou, Tania ^c   Papagaroufalis, Constantinos ^b   Kostis, Evangelos ^c   Papantoniou, Nikolaos ^c   Antsaklis, Aristides ^c   Theodoridou, Maria ^c  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cocooning; Infants; Influenza vaccination; Mothers; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FATHER; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SIBLING;

COCOONING; INFANTS; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887959462     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit599     Document Type: Article

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