The Underrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Children

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Authors

Katherine A. Poehling · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kathryn M. Edwards · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Geoffrey A. Weinberg

Peter G. Szilagyi

Mary Allen Staat

Marika K. Iwane · National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Carolyn B. Bridges · National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Carlos G. Grijalva ·

Abstract

Among young children, outpatient visits associated with influenza were 10 to 250 times as common as hospitalizations. Few influenza infections were recognized clinically.

Topics & Keywords

Influenza Virus Research Studies Respiratory viral infections research Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 355, Issue 1, pp. 31-40

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa054869

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