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

• Main Authors: Christoph Härtel (Author), Alexander Humberg (Author), Dorothee Viemann (Author), Anja Stein (Author), Thorsten Orlikowsky (Author), Jan Rupp (Author), Matthias Volkmar Kopp (Author), Egbert Herting (Author), Wolfgang Göpel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...