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Paediatric hospitalisation numbers for influenza in 2016-2019 seasons underline importance of vaccination

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Acta Paediatr. 2019 Oct 12. doi: 10.1111/apa.15055. [Epub ahead of print] [h=1]Paediatric hospitalisation numbers for influenza in 2016-2019 seasons underline importance of vaccination.[/h]
Siewert B[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Gowin E[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Wesołek M[SUP]2[/SUP], Wysocki J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska D[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h] 1 Poznan University of Medical Science, Department of Preventive Health, Poznan, Poland. 2 Children's Hospital in Poznan, Infectious Diseases Ward, Poznan, Poland. 3 Poznan University of Medical Science, Department of Oncology - Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Poznan, Poznan, Poland.

[h=3]Abstract[/h] Official Polish data, published by National Institute of Public Health, show that the flu season lasts from October to April of the following year, with the peak incidence between January and March. Since the beginning of the epidemic season 2018/2019, cases caused by influenza A virus constitute 99.1%, with 56.9% cases caused by the virus A/H1N1/pdm2009 and 43.1% - virus A/H3N2/. The incidence of influenza caused by B virus was 0.9% (1,2).
? 2019 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.


PMID: 31606906 DOI: 10.1111/apa.15055
 
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