The burden of seasonal and pandemic influenza in infants and children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 265-276

  Ruf, Bernhard R ^a   Knuf, Markus ^b,c  

^a Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^b DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burden; Children; Complication; Hospitalisation; Influenza; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; RIMANTADINE; ZANAMIVIR;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT DISEASE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84896730313     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2023-6     Document Type: Review

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