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

• Main Authors: Xin Wang, MSc (Author), You Li, PhD (Author), Katherine L O'Brien, ProfMD (Author), Shabir A Madhi, ProfPhD (Author), Marc-Alain Widdowson, VetMB (Author), Peter Byass, ProfPhD (Author), Saad B Omer, ProfPhD (Author), Qalab Abbas, MBBS (Author), Asad Ali, MD (Author), Alberta Amu, MD (Author), Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD (Author), Quique Bassat, ProfMD (Author), W Abdullah Brooks, MD (Author), Sandra S Chaves, MD (Author), Alexandria Chung, BMedSci (H) (Author), Cheryl Cohen, MD (Author), Marcela Echavarria, PhD (Author), Rodrigo A Fasce, BSc (Author), Angela Gentile, ProfMD (Author), Aubree Gordon, PhD (Author), Michelle Groome, PhD (Author), Terho Heikkinen, ProfMD (Author), Siddhivinayak Hirve, PhD (Author), Jorge H Jara, MD (Author), Mark A Katz, MD (Author), Najwa Khuri-Bulos, ProfMD (Author), Anand Krishnan, ProfMD (Author), Oscar de Leon, BSc (Author), Marilla G Lucero, MD (Author), John P McCracken, ScD (Author), Ainara Mira-Iglesias, MSc (Author), Jennifer C Moïsi, PhD (Author), Patrick K Munywoki, PhD (Author), Millogo Ourohiré, MD (Author), Fernando P Polack, ProfMD (Author), Manveer Rahi, MBChB (Author), Zeba A Rasmussen, MD (Author), Barbara A Rath, ProfMD (Author), Samir K Saha, ProfPhD (Author), Eric AF Simões, ProfMD (Author), Viviana Sotomayor, MPH (Author), Somsak Thamthitiwat, MD (Author), Florette K Treurnicht, PhD (Author), Marylene Wamukoya, MPH (Author), Lay-Myint Yoshida, ProfPhD (Author), Heather J Zar, ProfPhD (Author), Harry Campbell, ProfMD (Author), Harish Nair, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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. Despi...