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Risk factors for severe outcomes following 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection: a global pooled analysis

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Main Authors: Maria D Van Kerkhove, Katelijn A H Vandemaele, Vivek Shinde, Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez, Artemis Koukounari, Christl A Donnelly, Luis O Carlino, Rhonda Owen, Beverly Paterson, Louise Pelletier, Julie Vachon, Claudia Gonzalez, Yu Hongjie, Feng Zijian, Shuk Kwan Chuang, Albert Au, Silke Buda, Gerard Krause, Walter Haas, Isabelle Bonmarin, Kiyosu Taniguichi, Kensuke Nakajima, Tokuaki Shobayashi, Yoshihiro Takayama, Tomi Sunagawa, Jean Michel Heraud, Arnaud Orelle, Ethel Palacios, Marianne A B van der Sande, C C H Lieke Wielders, Darren Hunt, Jeffrey Cutter, Vernon J Lee, Juno Thomas, Patricia Santa-Olalla, Maria J Sierra-Moros, Wanna Hanshaoworakul, Kumnuan Ungchusak, Richard Pebody, Seema Jain, Anthony W Mounts
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Vivek Shinde
Giovanna Jaramillo-Gutierrez
Artemis Koukounari
Christl A Donnelly
Luis O Carlino
Rhonda Owen
Beverly Paterson
Louise Pelletier
Julie Vachon
Claudia Gonzalez
Yu Hongjie
Feng Zijian
Shuk Kwan Chuang
Albert Au
Silke Buda
Gerard Krause
Walter Haas
Isabelle Bonmarin
Kiyosu Taniguichi
Kensuke Nakajima
Tokuaki Shobayashi
Yoshihiro Takayama
Tomi Sunagawa
Jean Michel Heraud
Arnaud Orelle
Ethel Palacios
Marianne A B van der Sande
C C H Lieke Wielders
Darren Hunt
Jeffrey Cutter
Vernon J Lee
Juno Thomas
Patricia Santa-Olalla
Maria J Sierra-Moros
Wanna Hanshaoworakul
Kumnuan Ungchusak
Richard Pebody
Seema Jain
Anthony W Mounts
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