Influenza season 2012-2013 in Europe: Moderate intensity, mixed (sub)types

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1809-1812

  Snacken, R ^a   Broberg, E ^a   Beaute J ^a   Lozano, J E ^b   Zucs, P ^a   Amato Gauci, A J ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b Ministry of Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infectious disease epidemiology; influenza (seasonal); respiratory infections; surveillance system

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; SEASONAL INFLUENZA;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 84904756088     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001228     Document Type: Article

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