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SUBMITTER: Chiu SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5894077 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chiu Susan S SS Kwan Mike Y W MYW Feng Shuo S Wong Joshua S C JSC Leung Chi-Wai CW Chan Eunice L Y ELY Chan Kwok-Hung KH Ng Tak-Keung TK To Wing-Kin WK Cowling Benjamin J BJ Peiris J S Malik JSM
The Journal of infectious diseases 20180401 9
<h4>Background</h4>Influenza A(H3N2) viruses circulated for 12 consecutive months in Hong Kong in 2016-2017, peaking in late June and July 2017. The objective of our study was to estimate the effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing hospitalizations in children in Hong Kong.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a test-negative study between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017, enrolling children 6 months to 17 years of age hospitalized for an acute respiratory infection. Influenza was diagnos ...[more]