Developing a system to estimate the severity of influenza infection in England: Findings from a hospital-based surveillance system between 2010/2011 and 2014/2015

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1461-1470

  Boddington, N L ^a   Verlander, N Q ^a   Pebody, R G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitalisation; Influenza; Severity

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; SEASON; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011883685     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881700005X     Document Type: Article

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