Mortality attributable to influenza in England and Wales prior to, during and after the 2009 pandemic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Green, Helen K ^a   Andrews, Nick ^a   Fleming, Douglas ^b   Zambon, Maria ^a   Pebody, Richard ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892600952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079360     Document Type: Article

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