Prevalence of antibodies against influenza A and B viruses in children in Germany, 2008 to 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Sauerbrei, A ^a   Langenhan, T ^a   Brandstadt A ^a   Schmidt Ott, R ^b   Krumbholz, A ^c   Girschick, H ^d   Huppertz, H ^e   Kaiser, P ^e   Liese, J ^f   Streng, A ^f   Niehues, T ^g   Peters, J ^h   Sauerbrey, A ⁱ   Schroten, H ^j   Tenenbaum, T ^j   Wirth, S ^k   Wutzler, P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Vivantes Clinic in Friedrichshain   (Germany)

^e Childrens' Hospital   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g HELIOS Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^h Krankenhaus Dritter Orden   (Germany)

ⁱ HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEROPREVALENCE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893591079     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.5.20687     Document Type: Article

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