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Third-party-funded project

Title:
Prospective surveillance study comparing severity and clinical course of primo- and re-infection with laboratory-confirmed influenza in pre-school children

Project management at the University of Würzburg:

• Prof. Dr. med. Johannes G. Liese , Kinder- und Poliklinik des Universitätsklinikums Würzburg, Pädiatrische Infektiologie und Immunologie,Tel: 0931-20127725,Fax: 0931-20127787

Participating scientists:

• Dr. rer. nat. Andrea Streng ,Tel: 0931-20127783,Fax: 0931-20127787,Mail: streng_a@ukw.de
• Lisa Lehmann , MA,Tel: 0931-20127784,Fax: 0931-20127786,Mail: lehmann_l@ukw.de
• Christiane Prifert , MSc,Mail: Prifert@vim.uni-wuerzburg.de
• Dr. Benedikt Weißbrich ,Mail: Weissbrich@vim.uni-wuerzburg.de
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Sauerbrei ,Mail: Andreas.Sauerbrei@med.uni-jena.de

Abstract:
Thus far, there is no reliable data to assess the impact of primo- and re-infection with influenza on disease severity in preschool-children. The purpose of this multicenter surveillance-study in Bavarian paediatric practices is to investigate laboratory-confirmed primo- and reinfections in preschool-children and to compare their severity. Such data are important to understand the development of the immunity against influenza and for the development of vaccination programs. Additionally, data of frequency, treatment and outcome of influenza and other viral agents associated with symptomatic acute respiratory infections in paediatric practices are collected.

Key words:
    Influenza
    Acute Respiratory Diseases
    Primo-Infection
    Re-Infection
    Children

Projekt period: from 01.2013 to 12.2015

Funding institution:
Wirtschaftsunternehmen ( Firma GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co. KG, München, Deutschland )