Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2016: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)

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Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2017 Dec 1;41(4):E337-E347.
[h=1]Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2016: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN).[/h] Cheng AC[SUP]1[/SUP], Holmes M[SUP]2[/SUP], Dwyer DE[SUP]3[/SUP], Irving L[SUP]4[/SUP], Korman T[SUP]5[/SUP], Senenayake S[SUP]6[/SUP], Macartney K[SUP]7[/SUP], Blyth C[SUP]8[/SUP], Brown S[SUP]9[/SUP], Waterer G[SUP]9[/SUP], Cooley L[SUP]10[/SUP], Friedman ND[SUP]11[/SUP], Wark P[SUP]12[/SUP], Simpson G[SUP]13[/SUP], Upham J[SUP]14[/SUP], Bowler S[SUP]15[/SUP], Brady S[SUP]16[/SUP], Kotsimbos T[SUP]1[/SUP], Kelly P[SUP]17[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] During the period 1 April to 30 October 2016 (the 2016 influenza season), 1,952 patients were admitted with confirmed influenza to one of 17 FluCAN sentinel hospitals. Of these, 46% were elderly (e65 years), 18% were children (<16 years), 5% were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 3% were pregnant and 76% had chronic co-morbidities.


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