Open AccessChild, Household, and Caregiver Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization for Influenza Among Children 6–59 Months of Age
Author(s) -
Nila Dharan,
Leslie Z. Sokolow,
PoYung Cheng,
Paul Gargiullo,
Ken Gershman,
Ruth Lynfield,
Craig Morin,
Ann Thomas,
James Meek,
Monica M. Farley,
Kathryn E. Arnold,
Arthur Reingold,
Allen S. Craig,
William Schaffner,
Nancy M. Bennett,
Shelley Zansky,
Joan Baumbach,
Sarah Lathrop,
Laurie Kamimoto,
David K. Shay
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000000283
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , vaccination , logistic regression , pediatrics , conditional logistic regression , household income , medical record , immunology , archaeology , history
Young children are at increased risk of severe outcomes from influenza illness, including hospitalization. We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for influenza-associated hospitalizations among children in US Emerging Infections Program sites.