Influenza hospitalizations in children under 1 year old in Spain: the importance of maternal immunization

This study estimates the burden of influenza in infants up to 12 months of age in Spain over 8 seasons (2009/10-2016/17). The survey was conducted by reviewing the Spanish Surveillance System for Hospital Data. Over the eight seasons, 5,618 hospital admissions were recorded for patients younger than...

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Published in:Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2021-06, Vol.17 (6), p.1853-1857
Main Authors: San Román Montero, Jesús, Gil-Prieto, Ruth, Martín, Rubén Jiménez, de Lejarazu, Raúl Ortiz, Gallardo-Pino, Carmen, Gil de Miguel, Angel
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Language:English
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children
hospitalizations
Influenza
maternal Immunization
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Spain
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Summary:This study estimates the burden of influenza in infants up to 12 months of age in Spain over 8 seasons (2009/10-2016/17). The survey was conducted by reviewing the Spanish Surveillance System for Hospital Data. Over the eight seasons, 5,618 hospital admissions were recorded for patients younger than 12 months that included codes related to influenza in any diagnostic position (487-488 ICD-9-CM and J9, J10 and J11 CIE 10). In total, 2,363 admissions (42.1%) were female patients whose median age was 3.05 months. Patients younger than 6 months accounted for 3,856 admissions (68.6%). Among them, 59.2% were male, and 40.8% were female (p
ISSN:2164-5515
2164-554X
DOI:10.1080/21645515.2020.1845523