Burden of influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations in the Americas, 2010-2015.
Rakhee S PalekarMelissa A R RolfesC Sofia ArriolaBelsy O AcostaPatricia Alberto GuidosXiomara Badilla VargasChristina BancejJuliana Barbosa RamirezElsa BaumeisterAlfredo BrunoMaria Agüeda CabelloJufu ChenPaula CoutoFrancisco J De Paula JuniorRodrigo FasceWalquiria Aparecida Ferreira de AlmeidaVictor E Fiesta SolorzanoCarlos Flores RamírezNatalia GoñiYadira Isaza de MoltóJenny LaraDiana C MaloJosé L Medina OsisHomer MejíaLourdes Moreno CastilloDesiree MustaquimAndrea NwosuJenny OjedaAntonio Paredes SamoyaPaola A PulidoHector M Ramos HernandezRudvelinda Rivera LopezAngel RodriguezMyriam SabouiHilda Salazar BolanosAdrián SantoroJose Eduardo SilveraPaulina SosaViviana SotomayorLourdes SuarezMarta Von HorochEduardo Azziz-BaumgartnerPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Influenza-associated respiratory hospitalizations impose a heavy burden on health systems in the Americas. Countries in the Americas should use this information to justify investments in seasonal influenza vaccination-especially among young children and the elderly.