Preterm birth during influenza season is associated with adverse outcome in very-low-birth-weight infants

Preterm birth during influenza season is associated with adverse outcome in very-low-birth-weight infants

Objective: We investigated the relationship between influenza seasonality and outcome of very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBWI) in a large observational cohort study of the German Neonatal Network (GNN).Materials and Methods: Within the observational period (July 2009 until Dec 2014) 5 influenza seas...

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Main Authors: Christoph Härtel, Alexander Humberg, Dorothee Viemann, Anja Stein, Thorsten Orlikowsky, Jan Rupp, Matthias Volkmar Kopp, Egbert Herting, Wolfgang Göpel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
Influenza, Human
Sepsis
Seasonality
Outcome
Periventricular Leukomalacia
very-low-birth-weight-infants
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2016.00130/full

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