Burden of influenza-associated deaths in the Americas, 2002-2008

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 13-21

  Cheng, Po Yung ^a   Palekar, Rakhee ^a,b   Azziz Baumgartner, Eduardo ^a   Iuliano, Danielle ^a   Alencar, Airlane P ^c   Bresee, Joseph ^a   Oliva, Otavio ^b   de Souza, Maria de Fatima Marinho ^b   Widdowson, Marc Alain ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Americas; Influenza; Model; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BELIZE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRENADA; GROUPS BY AGE; HAITI; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; JAMAICA; MEXICO; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURINAME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URUGUAY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YOUNG ADULT;

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938767779     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12317     Document Type: Article

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