Number needed to vaccinate to prevent hospitalizations of pregnant women due to inter-pandemic influenza in Sweden, 2003-2009

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 52, 2014, Pages 7135-7140

  Merk, Hanna ^a,b   Nylén, Gunnar ^c   Kühlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^a   Linde, Annika ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Influenza; Policy; Pregnancy; Respiratory tract infections; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWEDEN; VACCINATION; ADULT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915820571     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.027     Document Type: Article

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