Comparing pandemic to seasonal influenza mortality: moderate impact overall but high mortality in young children.

Comparing pandemic to seasonal influenza mortality: moderate impact overall but high mortality in young children.

<h4>Background</h4>We assessed the severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic by comparing pandemic mortality to seasonal influenza mortality. However, reported pandemic deaths were laboratory-confirmed - and thus an underestimation - whereas seasonal influenza mortality is often more inclu...

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Main Authors: Cees C van den Wijngaard, Liselotte van Asten, Marion P G Koopmans, Wilfrid van Pelt, Nico J D Nagelkerke, Cornelia C H Wielders, Alies van Lier, Wim van der Hoek, Adam Meijer, Gé A Donker, Frederika Dijkstra, Carel Harmsen, Marianne A B van der Sande, Mirjam Kretzschmar
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/717a8511a7ac4fb6a4c28a46a87396ea
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