Influenza-associated outpatient visits among children less than 5 years of age in eastern China, 2011-2014

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jun ^d   Hua, Jun ^e   Wang, Dan ^a,b,c   Chen, Liling ^d   Ding, Yunfang ^e   Zeng, Shanshan ^a,b,c   Wu, Jing ^a,b,c   Jiang, Yanwei ^a,b,c   Geng, Qian ^a,b,c   Zhou, Suizan ^f   Song, Ying ^f   Iuliano, A Danielle ^f   Greene, Carolyn M ^f   McFarland, Jeffrey ^f   Zhao, Genming ^a,b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Department of Epidemiology   (China)

^d Suzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Children; China; Influenza; Influenza like illness; Outpatient visit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; AMBULATORY CARE; COUGH; FEVER; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORY; NEWBORN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COUGH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LABORATORIES; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARYNGITIS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84975476998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1614-z     Document Type: Article

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