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Increased Extent of and Risk Factors for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and Seasonal Influenza among Children, Israel

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;17(9):1740-3.
Increased Extent of and Risk Factors for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and Seasonal Influenza among Children, Israel.
Engelhard D, Bromberg M, Averbuch D, Tenenbaum A, Goldmann D, Kunin M, Shmueli E, Yatsiv I, Weintraub M, Mandelboim M, Strauss-Liviatan N, Anis E, Mendelson E, Shohat T, Wolf DG, Shapiro M, Grotto I.
Source

Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Abstract

During the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in Israel, incidence rates among children were 2? higher than that of the previous 4 influenza seasons; hospitalization rates were 5? higher. Children hospitalized for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were older and had more underlying chronic diseases than those hospitalized for seasonal influenza.

PMID:
21888809
[PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888809
 
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