Uptake and impact of vaccinating school age children against influenza during a season with circulation of drifted influenza A and B strains, England, 2014/15

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Pebody, Richard G ^a   Green, H K ^a   Andrews, N ^a   Boddington, N L ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Yonova, I ^b,c   Ellis, J ^a   Steinberger, S ^a   Donati, M ^a   Elliot, A J ^a   Hughes, H E ^a   Pathirannehelage, S ^b,c   Mullett, D ^b,c   Smith, G E ^a   de Lusignan, S ^b,c   Zambon, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MORTALITY; NOSE SMEAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VACCINATION;

INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 85003048326     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.39.30029     Document Type: Article

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