Influenza-associated hospitalizations and deaths, Costa Rica, 2009-2012

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 878-881

  Saborío, Guiselle Guzman ^a   Clara, Alexey ^b   Garcia, Antonio ^a   Quesada, Fabio ^a   Palekar, Rakhee ^c,d   Minaya, Percy ^e   Cervantes, Marvin ^a   Lopez, Mariel ^f   Lara, Jenny ^f   Jara, Jorge ^g   Blanco, Natalia ^g   Bresee, Joseph ^d   Marc Alain Widdowson, ^d   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^d  

^a Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social   (Costa Rica)

^b Ctr for Disease Studies and Control   (Guatemala)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

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

^e Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET)   (Guatemala)

^f Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y en Salud   (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COSTA RICA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898866262     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2005.131775     Document Type: Article

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