Clinical features of children hospitalized with influenza A and B infections during the 2012-2013 influenza season in Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mancinelli, Livia ^a   Onori, Manuela ^a   Concato, Carlo ^a   Sorge, Roberto ^b   Chiavelli, Stefano ^a   Coltella, Luana ^a   Raucci, Umberto ^a   Reale, Antonio ^a   Menichella, Donato ^a   Russo, Cristina ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical features; Hospitalization; Influenza viruses; Viral subtypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; ADOLESCENT; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 84953292811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1333-x     Document Type: Article

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