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Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus 2009 in a Prospectively Followed Cohort of Prematurely Born Infants

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Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print]
Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus 2009 in a Prospectively Followed Cohort of Prematurely Born Infants.
Drysdale SB, Alcazar M, Wilson T, Smith M, Zuckerman M, Wedderburn CJ, Broughton S, Rafferty GF, Johnston SL, Greenough A.
Source

From the *Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; ?MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; ?South London Specialist Virology Centre, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; and ?Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Abstract

The hospitalization rate for pandemic influenza A (H1N1)v 2009 of 150 prospectively followed, prematurely born infants did not differ significantly from that of term-born infants from the same geographical area (0.7% vs. 0.07%, P = 0.12), but was higher for other viral lower respiratory tract infections (5.3% vs. 0.6%, P < 0.0001). Pandemic influenza A H1N1immunization uptake in the prematurely born infants was low (9.3%).

PMID:
21909048
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909048
 
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