Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The global burden of disease attributable to seasonal influenza virus in children is unknown. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of and mortality from lower respiratory infections associated with influenza in children younger than 5 years. We estimated the incidence of influenza episodes, inf...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 378; no. 9807; pp. 1917 - 1930
Main Authors:	Nair, Harish, Brooks, W Abdullah, Katz, Mark, Roca, Anna, Berkley, James A, Madhi, Shabir A, Simmerman, James Mark, Gordon, Aubree, Sato, Masatoki, Howie, Stephen, Krishnan, Anand, Ope, Maurice, Lindblade, Kim A, Carosone-Link, Phyllis, Lucero, Marilla, Ochieng, Walter, Kamimoto, Laurie, Dueger, Erica, Bhat, Niranjan, Vong, Sirenda, Theodoratou, Evropi, Chittaganpitch, Malinee, Chimah, Osaretin, Balmaseda, Angel, Buchy, Philippe, Harris, Eva, Evans, Valerie, Katayose, Masahiko, Gaur, Bharti, O'Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina, Goswami, Doli, Arvelo, Wences, Venter, Marietjie, Briese, Thomas, Tokarz, Rafal, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Mounts, Anthony W, Breiman, Robert F, Feikin, Daniel R, Klugman, Keith P, Olsen, Sonja J, Gessner, Bradford D, Wright, Peter F, Rudan, Igor, Broor, Shobha, Simões, Eric AF, Campbell, Harry
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 03.12.2011 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Age Biological and medical sciences burden of disease Child, Preschool childhood Children Children & youth Data processing Developing countries Disease control General aspects Global Health health services Human viral diseases Humans Incidence Infant Infection Infectious diseases Influenza Influenza virus Influenza, Human - complications Influenza, Human - epidemiology Internal Medicine LDCs Medical research Medical sciences meta-analysis Mortality Orthomyxoviridae Pathogens Pediatrics Population studies Respiratory Tract Infections - complications Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology Reviews Seasonal variations Seasons Streptococcus infections Studies Systematic review Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases World Health Organization Human Infection Preschool age Medicine Respiratory disease Seasonal variation Viral disease Influenza A Systematic review Respiratory system infection Child Metaanalysis
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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