Burden of influenza infection in hospitalised children below 6 months of age and above in Hong Kong from 2005 to 2011

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 6692-6698

  Nelson, E Anthony S ^a   Ip, Margaret ^a   Tam, John S ^b   Mounts, Anthony W ^b   Chau, Sze Lok ^a   Law, Shu Kei ^a   Goggins, William ^a   Simpson, Lucy A ^a   Chan, Paul K S ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Disease burden; Hospitalisation; Infants; Influenza

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84922739512     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.063     Document Type: Article

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