Age-specific differences in influenza virus type and subtype distribution in the 2012/2013 season in 12 European countries

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2950-2958

  Beaute J ^a   Zucs, P ^a   Korsun, N ^b   Bragstad, K ^c   Enouf, V ^d   Kossyvakis, A ^e   Griskevicius A ^f   Olinger, C M ^g   Meijer, A ^h   Guiomar, R ⁱ   Prosenc, K ^j   Staronova E ^k   Delgado, C ^l   Brytting, M ^m   Broberg, E ^a   Teodosieva, Ani ^b   Fischer, Thea Kølsen ^c   Rønn, Jesper ^c   Andersen, Bente ^c   Mosnier, Anne ⁿ   Valette, Martine ⁿ   Daviaud, Isabelle ⁿ   Keller, Françoise Stoll ⁿ   Cohen, Jean Marie ⁿ   Mentis, Andreas F ^e   Moutousi, Afroditi ^e   Opp, Matthias ^g   Donker, Gé ^h   De Lange, Marit ^h   Overduin, Pieter ^h   Jonges, Marcel ^h   Pechirra, Pedro ⁱ   Conde, Patricia ⁱ   Cristovão, Paula ⁱ   Nunes, Baltazar ⁱ   Larrauri, Amparo ^o   Pozo, Francisco ^o   Delgado, Concha ^o   Jiménez Jorge, Silvia ^o   Casas, Inmaculada ^o   Quinten, Chantal ^a   more..

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^f Nacionaline Visuomenes Sveikatos Prie iupros Laboratorija   (Lithuania)

^g LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE SANTÉ   (Luxembourg)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^j Centre for Medical Microbiology   (Slovenia)

^k Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^l INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^m SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

ⁿ GROG network   (France)

^o Spanish Influenza Surveillance System ^*  (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

Influenza; influenza (seasonal); respiratory infections; surveillance; surveillance system

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944064712     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814003422     Document Type: Article

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