In-A nd Out-of-hospital Mortality Associated with Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus in South Africa, 2009-2013

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 95-103

  Cohen, Cheryl ^a,b   Walaza, Sibongile ^a,b   Treurnicht, Florette K ^a,b   McMorrow, Meredith ^c,d   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,b,e   McAnerney, Johanna M ^a   Tempia, Stefano ^c  

^a National Institute for Communicable Diseases A Division of National Health Laboratory Service Centre for Vaccines and Immunology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^d U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

children; Influenza; mortality; respiratory syncytial virus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SOUTH AFRICA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040596063     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix740     Document Type: Article

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