Duration of Illness in Children <18 Years Dying of Influenza in California: 2004-2023.

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• Alternative Title:
  Pediatrics, 2025, v. 155, no. 3: Duration of Illness in Children <18 Years Dying of Influenza in California: 2004-2023.
• Journal Article:
  Pediatrics
• Personal Author:
  Zhu, Sophie ; Quint, Joshua ; Penton, Christina ; Hoover, Cora ; Murray, Erin L.
• Description:
  Annually, thousands of children in the United States are hospitalized and 35-200 die from influenza illness and its complications.1,2 Influenza vaccines are highly effective against life-threatening influenza in children.3 Even a partially effective influenza vaccine can avert symptomatic illness, hospitalization, and death, and reduce illness severity if a child is infected. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices began recommending annual influenza vaccination of all children aged ≥6 months starting in 2010-2011. Vaccination rates among children <18 years of age vary, ranging from 33.4-62.6% during 2010-2019.4,5 Children who die from influenza often have an underlying condition known to increase the risk of influenza-associated complications and are unvaccinated.6 For children with severe influenza, or illness that can result in hospitalization or death, previous vaccination ≥2 weeks before illness reduces disease severity and risk of death.3 We described patient, vaccination, and influenza illness characteristics by underlying condition status among children aged <18 years who died from influenza during 2004-2023 in California.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Child
  • Adolescent
  • Advisory Committees
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Influenza, Human
  • Patient Acuity
  • Hospitalization
  • Immunization
  • Vaccination
• Source:
  Pediatrics, 2025, v. 155, no. 3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-069368
• ISSN:
  0031-4005 ; 1098-4275
• Pubmed ID:
  40255317
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12007722
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Name as Subject:
  United States
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  155
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261469/cdc_261469_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 298.97 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3db116ca5726829eec27ca502ea080091f9c8e2f586fe465f57ca74d64be3a1d5f4d3bdf529fb8e68479e3e54b2e01e35cb16208b605e4f99f3edccb86c5adae