Impact of influenza vaccination on respiratory illness rates in children attending private boarding schools in England, 2013-2014: A cohort study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3405-3415

  Brousseau, N ^a,b   Green, H K ^a   Andrews, N ^a   Pryse, R ^c   Baguelin, M ^a,d   Sunderland, A ^a   Ellis, J ^a   Pebody, R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Critical Care Division   (Canada)

^c Medical Schools   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; infectious disease control; influenza vaccines; surveillance; vaccine preventable diseases

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEST INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 84955382263     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815000667     Document Type: Article

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