Post-pandemic seroprevalence of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 infection (swine flu) among children <18 years in Germany.

BACKGROUND: We determined antibodies to the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus in children to assess: the incidence of (H1N1) 2009 infections in the 2009/2010 season in Germany, the proportion of subclinical infections and to compare titers in vaccinated and infected children. METHODOLOGY/PRINCI...

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Main Authors: Rüdiger von Kries, Susanne Weiss, Gerhard Falkenhorst, Stephan Wirth, Petra Kaiser, Hans-Iko Huppertz, Tobias Tenenbaum, Horst Schroten, Andrea Streng, Johannes Liese, Sonu Shai, Tim Niehues, Hermann Girschick, Ellen Kuscher, Axel Sauerbrey, Jochen Peters, Carl Heinz Wirsing von König, Simon Rückinger, Walter Hampl, Detlef Michel, Thomas Mertens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3168498?pdf=render