Epidemiology and burden of influenza in healthy children aged 6 to 35 months: Analysis of data from the placebo arm of a phase III efficacy trial

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  El Guerche Séblain, Clotilde ^a   Moureau, Annick ^a   Schiffler, Camille ^a   Dupuy, Martin ^a   Pepin, Stephanie ^a   Samson, Sandrine I ^a   Vanhems, Philippe ^b   Schellevis, François ^c,d  

^a SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; Acute otitis media; Antibiotic use; Children; Clinical trial; Epidemiology; Fever; Hospitalisation; Influenza; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS VICTORIA; INFLUENZA B VIRUS YAMAGATA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPYRETICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLACEBO EFFECT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85063969299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-3920-8     Document Type: Article

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