[Frequency of Influenza, Influenza Types and Influenza Vaccine Use in Hospitalized Children with Influenza-Like Symptoms].

[Frequency of Influenza, Influenza Types and Influenza Vaccine Use in Hospitalized Children with Influenza-Like Symptoms]. Mikrobiyol Bul. 2020 Apr;54(2):318-325 Authors: Erat T, Özdemir H, Taşkınoğlu T, İnce E, Çiftçi E Abstract Influenza is an important cause of respiratory illness in children and is still an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The influenza virus subtypes determine the prevalence of the epidemic and pandemic influenza, the hospitalization and mortality rates in children each year. Surveillance of the circulation of different influenza virus strains is important in ensuring a good strain con-cordance for the composition of the annual influenza vaccine. The Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network® (GIHSN) is an international institution in which tertiary hospitals from many countries participate and where epidemiological surveillance of influenza disease is conducted. Six centers from Turkey participated in the study organized by GIHSN during the influenza season 2016 2017. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the frequency of influenza, virus types, clinical characteristics and vaccination rates in children admitted to our hospital with influenza-like symptoms in the influenza season 2016-2017. Informed consents were obtained from patients. 217 pediatric patients were screened with in the 24th and 48th hours of the hospitalization. Then a nasal/nasopharyngeal swab were collect...
Source: Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni - Category: Microbiology Tags: Mikrobiyol Bul Source Type: research