Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

Summary: Background: Seasonal influenza virus is a common cause of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children. In 2008, we estimated that 20 million influenza-virus-associated ALRI and 1 million influenza-virus-associated severe ALRI occurred in children under 5 years globally. Desp...

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Main Authors: Xin Wang, MSc, You Li, PhD, Katherine L O'Brien, ProfMD, Shabir A Madhi, ProfPhD, Marc-Alain Widdowson, VetMB, Peter Byass, ProfPhD, Saad B Omer, ProfPhD, Qalab Abbas, MBBS, Asad Ali, MD, Alberta Amu, MD, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD, Quique Bassat, ProfMD, W Abdullah Brooks, MD, Sandra S Chaves, MD, Alexandria Chung, BMedSci(H), Cheryl Cohen, MD, Marcela Echavarria, PhD, Rodrigo A Fasce, BSc, Angela Gentile, ProfMD, Aubree Gordon, PhD, Michelle Groome, PhD, Terho Heikkinen, ProfMD, Siddhivinayak Hirve, PhD, Jorge H Jara, MD, Mark A Katz, MD, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, ProfMD, Anand Krishnan, ProfMD, Oscar de Leon, BSc, Marilla G Lucero, MD, John P McCracken, ScD, Ainara Mira-Iglesias, MSc, Jennifer C Moïsi, PhD, Patrick K Munywoki, PhD, Millogo Ourohiré, MD, Fernando P Polack, ProfMD, Manveer Rahi, MBChB, Zeba A Rasmussen, MD, Barbara A Rath, ProfMD, Samir K Saha, ProfPhD, Eric AF Simões, ProfMD, Viviana Sotomayor, MPH, Somsak Thamthitiwat, MD, Florette K Treurnicht, PhD, Marylene Wamukoya, MPH, Lay-Myint Yoshida, ProfPhD, Heather J Zar, ProfPhD, Harry Campbell, ProfMD, Harish Nair, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19305455