Comparative burden of influenza A/H1N1, A/H3N2 and B infections in children treated as outpatients

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1081-1085

  Silvennoinen, Heli ^a   Huusko, Teemu ^b   Vuorinen, Tytti ^a,b   Heikkinen, Terho ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Disease burden; Fever; Influenza type subtype; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAY CARE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942053866     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000814     Document Type: Article

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