Risk factors associated with fatal influenza, Romania, October 2009 - May 2011

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-12

  Zolotusca, Laurentiu ^a   Jorgensen, Pernille ^b   Popovici, Odette ^c   Pistol, Adriana ^c   Popovici, Florin ^c   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^d   Alexandrescu, Viorel ^e   Ivanciuc, Alina ^e   Cheng, Po Yung ^d   Gross, Diane ^d   Brown, Caroline S ^b   Mott, Joshua A ^d  

^a Ministry of Health   (Romania)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

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

^e CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Influenza; Risk factors; Romania; Severe acute respiratory illness; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS; SURVEILLANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890857896     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12209     Document Type: Article

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