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Hospitalizations for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Beijing, China, 2014-2016

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;24(11):2098-2102. doi: 10.3201/eid2411.171410.
[h=1]Hospitalizations for Influenza-Associated Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Beijing, China, 2014-2016.[/h] Zhang Y, Muscatello DJ, Wang Q, Yang P, Pan Y, Huo D, Liu Z, Zhao X, Tang Y, Li C, Chughtai AA, MacIntyre CR.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] We analyzed surveillance data for 2 sentinel hospitals to estimate the influenza-associated severe acute respiratory infection hospitalization rate in Beijing, China. The rate was 39 and 37 per 100,000 persons during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 influenza seasons, respectively. Rates were highest for children <5 years of age.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Beijing; China; Influenza; SARI; hospitalization; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory infection; viruses

PMID: 30334719 DOI: 10.3201/eid2411.171410
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