Mortality attributable to seasonal influenza A and B infections in Thailand, 2005-2009: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 898-907

  Cooper, Ben S ^a,b   Kotirum, Surachai ^c   Kulpeng, Wantanee ^c   Praditsitthikorn, Naiyana ^c,d   Chittaganpitch, Malinee ^e   Limmathurotsakul, Direk ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b   Coker, Richard ^f   Teerawattananon, Yot ^c   Meeyai, Aronrag ^a,f  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP)   (Thailand)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian regression; burden; developing country; influenza; middle income country; mortality; seasonal variation; tropics

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BAYES THEOREM; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930400433     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu360     Document Type: Article

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