Uptake and impact of a new live attenuated influenza vaccine programme in England: Early results of a pilot in primary school-age children, 2013/14 influenza season

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2014, Pages

  Pebody, R G ^a   Green, H K ^a   Andrews, N ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Boddington, N ^a   Bawa, Z ^a   Durnall, H ^b   Singh, N ^a   Sunderland, A ^a   Letley, L ^a   Ellis, J ^a   Elliot, A J ^a   Donati, M ^a   Smith, G E ^a   de Lusignan, S ^b,c   Zambon, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM IMPACT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 84901990053     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.22.20823     Document Type: Article

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