Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis

D. Van Kerkhove, Maria; Vandemaele, Katelijn; Shinde, Vivek; Jaramillo-Gutierrez, Giovanna; Koukounari, Artemis; A. Donnelly, Christl; O. Carlino, Luis; Owen, Rhonda; Paterson, Beverly; Pelletier, Louise; Vachon, Julie; González, Claudia; Yu, Hongjie; Feng, Zijian; Kwan Chuang, Shuk; Ka-Wing Au, Albert; Buda, Silke; Krause, Gérard; Haas, Walter; Bonmarin, Isabelle; Taniguichi, Kiyosu; Nakajima, Kensuke; Shobayashi, Tokuaki; Takayama, Yoshihiro; Sunagawa, Tomi; Héraud, Jean‐Michel; Orelle, Arnaud; V. Palacios, E.; A. B. van der Sande, Marianne; C. H. Wielders, Cornelia; Hunt, Darren; Cutter, Jeffrey; J. Lee, Vernon; Thomas, Juno; Santa-Olalla, Patricia; José Sierra-Moros, María; Hanshaoworakul, Wanna; Ungchusak, Kumnuan; Pebody, Richard; Jain, Seema; W. Mounts, Anthony; behalf of the WHO Working Group for Risk Factors for Severe H1N1pdm Infection, on

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001053

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Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis

Published in PLoS Medicine • Jul 5, 2011

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Maria D. Van Kerkhove

Katelijn Vandemaele

Vivek Shinde

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Since the start of the 2009 influenza A pandemic (H1N1pdm), the World Health Organization and its member states have gathered information to characterize the clinical severity of H1N1pdm infection and to assist policy makers to determine risk groups for targeted control measures. METHODS...

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