2022
Comparison of Influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019–Associated Hospitalizations Among Children Younger Than 18 Years Old in the United States: FluSurv-NET (October–April 2017–2021) and COVID-NET (October 2020–September 2021)
Delahoy MJ, Ujamaa D, Taylor CA, Cummings C, Anglin O, Holstein R, Milucky J, O’Halloran A, Patel K, Pham H, Whitaker M, Reingold A, Chai SJ, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Teno K, Reeg L, Leegwater L, Lynfield R, McMahon M, Ropp S, Rudin D, Muse A, Spina N, Bennett NM, Popham K, Billing LM, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Talbot HK, Crossland MT, McCaffrey K, Hall AJ, Burns E, McMorrow M, Reed C, Havers FP, Garg S. Comparison of Influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019–Associated Hospitalizations Among Children Younger Than 18 Years Old in the United States: FluSurv-NET (October–April 2017–2021) and COVID-NET (October 2020–September 2021). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: e450-e459. PMID: 35594564, PMCID: PMC9129156, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationInfluenza-associated hospitalization ratesHospitalization ratesIntensive care unit admissionPopulation-based surveillance systemCOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicCare unit admissionInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsComparison of influenzaSARS-CoV-2FluSurv-NETICU admissionUnit admissionHospital outcomesInfluenza seasonRespiratory virusesPediatric deathsPediatric hospitalizationsRespiratory illnessSevere outcomesOngoing COVID-19 pandemicAdolescents 12HospitalizationChildren 5
2019
Age-Related Differences in Hospitalization Rates, Clinical Presentation, and Outcomes Among Older Adults Hospitalized With Influenza—U.S. Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET)
Czaja CA, Miller L, Alden N, Wald HL, Cummings CN, Rolfes MA, Anderson EJ, Bennett NM, Billing LM, Chai SJ, Eckel S, Mansmann R, McMahon M, Monroe ML, Muse A, Risk I, Schaffner W, Thomas AR, Yousey-Hindes K, Garg S, Herlihy RK. Age-Related Differences in Hospitalization Rates, Clinical Presentation, and Outcomes Among Older Adults Hospitalized With Influenza—U.S. Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET). Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019, 6: ofz225. PMID: 31363771, PMCID: PMC6602897, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLaboratory-confirmed influenzaInfluenza hospitalizationsAge-related differencesHospitalization ratesInfluenza seasonClinical presentationInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkInfluenza-associated hospitalization ratesOlder adultsHospital deathHospitalized patientsMedical historyHigher oddsAge strataPatientsAge groupsHospitalizationTreatment effortsAdultsPopulation ratesSurveillance networkInfluenzaPresentationStepwise increaseAge
2014
Impact of requiring influenza vaccination for children in licensed child care or preschool programs--Connecticut, 2012-13 influenza season.
Hadler JL, Yousey-Hindes K, Kudish K, Kennedy ED, Sacco V, Cartter ML. Impact of requiring influenza vaccination for children in licensed child care or preschool programs--Connecticut, 2012-13 influenza season. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2014, 63: 181-5. PMID: 24598593, PMCID: PMC4584725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated hospitalization ratesEmerging Infections ProgramInfluenza seasonHospitalization ratesVaccination ratesInfluenza transmissionSevere influenza-related illnessInfluenza-related illnessInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsLicensed child care programsOverall population rateGreater percentage decreaseCare admissionInfluenza vaccinationInfluenza vaccineSerious morbiditySusceptible childrenVaccination levelsInfections ProgramVaccination dataCare settingsEIP sitesCare programConnecticut childrenSurveillance sites